Method and apparatus for uplink transmission in wireless communication system

ABSTRACT

The present disclosure relates to a pre-5 th -Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4 th -Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a base station, a user equipment (UE), and a method for uplink resource allocation and a method for uplink transmission, which are applied in the field of communication technologies. The method includes that: a base station allocates Bandwidth Part (BWP) resources and intra-BWP Physical Resource Block (PRB) resources to a UE, and then transmits BWP resource indication information and intra-BWP PRB resource indication information to the UE. The BWP resource indication information is used for indicating the BWP resources allocated by the base station to the UE. The intra-BWP PRB resource indication information is used for indicating the intra-BWP PRB resources allocated by the base station, and then the UE receives the BWP resource indication information and the intra-BWP PRB resource indication information transmitted by the base station, and then determines the BWP resources and the intra-BWP PRB resources allocated by the base station according to the BWP resource indication information and the intra-BWP PRB resource indication information so as to perform uplink transmission.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present disclosure relates to a wireless communication system, andin particular to method and apparatus for uplink transmission inwireless communication system.

BACKGROUND ART

To meet the demand for wireless data traffic having increased sincedeployment of 4th generation (4G) communication systems, efforts havebeen made to develop an improved 5th generation (5G) or pre-5Gcommunication system. Therefore, the 5G or pre-5G communication systemis also called a ‘Beyond 4G Network’ or a ‘Post LTE System’.

The 5G communication system is considered to be implemented in higherfrequency (mmWave) bands, e.g., 60 GHz bands, so as to accomplish higherdata rates. To decrease propagation loss of the radio waves and increasethe transmission distance, the beamforming, massive multiple-inputmultiple-output (MIMO), Full Dimensional MIMO (FD-MIMO), array antenna,an analog beam forming, large scale antenna techniques are discussed in5G communication systems.

In addition, in 5G communication systems, development for system networkimprovement is under way based on advanced small cells, cloud RadioAccess Networks (RANs), ultra-dense networks, device-to-device (D2D)communication, wireless backhaul, moving network, cooperativecommunication, Coordinated Multi-Points (CoMP), reception-endinterference cancellation and the like.

In the 5G system, Hybrid FSK and QAM Modulation (FQAM) and slidingwindow superposition coding (SWSC) as an advanced coding modulation(ACM), and filter bank multi carrier (FBMC), non-orthogonal multipleaccess (NOMA), and sparse code multiple access (SCMA) as an advancedaccess technology have been developed.

In various scenarios of a wireless communication system such as the 5Gsystem, in order to perform uplink transmission, random access procedureand an uplink resource allocation is required for a user equipment (UE).

DISCLOSURE OF INVENTION Technical Problem

An aspect of the present disclosure is to provide method and apparatusfor uplink transmission in wireless communication system.

Another aspect of the present disclosure is to provide method andapparatus for random access procedure and an uplink resource allocationin wireless communication system.

Solution to Problem

In order to overcome the above technical problems or at least partiallysolve the above technical problems, the following technical solutionsare proposed:

An embodiment of the present disclosure provides, according to oneaspect, a method for uplink resource allocation, which is executed by abase station and includes the following steps of:

allocating BWP resources within the whole bandwidth and intra-BWP PRBresources to a UE; and

transmitting BWP resource indication information and intra-BWP PRBresource indication information to the UE, wherein, the BWP resourceindication information is used for indicating the BWP resources that isallocated by the base station to the UE, and the intra-BWP PRB resourceindication information is used for indicating the intra-BWP PRBresources which is allocated by the base station to the UE.

According to another aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosurefurther provides a method for uplink transmission, which is executed bya UE and includes the following steps of:

receiving BWP resource indication information and intra-BWP PRB resourceindication information transmitted by a base station;

determining the BWP resources and the intra-BWP PRB resources allocatedby the base station according to the BWP resource indication informationand the intra-BWP PRB resource indication information; and

performing uplink transmission according to the determined BWP resourcesand the intra-BWP PRB resources allocated by the base station.

According to still another aspect, an embodiment of the presentdisclosure further provides a base station, including:

an allocating module, configured to allocate BWP resources and intra-BWPPRB resources to a UE;

a transmitting module, configured to transmit BWP resource indicationinformation and intra-BWP PRB resource indication information to the UE,wherein, the BWP resource indication information is used for indicatingthe BWP resources allocated by the base station to the UE, and theintra-BWP PRB resource indication information is used for indicating theintra-BWP PRB resources allocated by the base station to the UE.

According to still another aspect, an embodiment of the presentdisclosure further provides a UE, including:

a receiving module, configured to receive the BWP resource indicationinformation transmitted by the base station and intra-BWP PRB resourceindication information; and

a transmitting module, configured to determine BWP resources allocatedby the base station and intra-BWP PRB resources according to the BWPresource indication information received by the receiving module and theintra-BWP PRB resource indication information and performs uplinktransmission.

According to a further aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosurefurther provides a base station, including: a memory, a processor, and acomputer program stored in the memory and executable on the processor,wherein, the processor executes the above-mentioned method forallocating uplink resources executed by the base station.

According to a further aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosurefurther provides a UE, including: a memory, a processor, and a computerprogram stored in the memory and executable on the processor, wherein,the processor executes the above-mentioned method for uplink resourcesallocation executed by the UE.

According to still another aspect, an embodiment of the presentdisclosure provides a method for transmitting uplink data, which isexecuted by a terminal, includes:

acquiring a physical random access channel (PRACH) resource poolconfiguration;

randomly selecting PRACH resources in the PRACH resource pool totransmit a preamble sequence;

receiving the random access response (RAR), determining a modulation andcoding scheme (MCS) table used for parsing uplink (UL) grant accordingto an indication in a random access response (RAR), and acquiring atransport block size (TBS) and/or a resource block and/or a modulationmode in the UL grant according to the MCS table;

reading data from the buffer according to the TBS, and transmitting Msg3on the specified UL grant.

Preferably, the terminal decides one of the two MCS tables to be usedfor parsing the UL grant according to 1 reserved bit.

Preferably, the terminal acquires a first MCS configuration by parsingthe UL grant in the existing RAR, and further acquires a second MCSconfiguration according to several reserved bits.

Further, in the step of acquiring the PRACH resource pool configuration,acquiring two PRACH resource pools, wherein, if the data in the terminalbuffer is greater than a threshold, the first of the two PRACH resourcepools is selected; and if the data is smaller than the threshold, thesecond of the two PRACH resource pools is selected.

Preferably, the two PRACH resource pools can be configured withdifferent mask sequences, and/or configured on different carriers and/orfurther dividing one group of resources as the first PRACH resource poolby resources in the existing PRACH resource group for contention-freerandom access.

Preferably, two PRACH resource pools respectively correspond todifferent MAC RAR formats.

Further, in the step of acquiring the PRACH resource pool configuration,acquiring the repetition times for transmitting the preamble sequence ofthe corresponding PRACH resource pool, and parsing the MCS tableaccording to the above repetition times.

According to still another aspect, an embodiment of the presentdisclosure provides a method for receiving uplink data, which isexecuted by a base station and includes the following steps of:

configuring a PRACH resource pool and the repetition times of a preamblesequence;

detecting the preamble sequence;

transmit an RAR, wherein, two uplink resource configuration availablefor Msg3 transmission are configured in the RAR;

According to the above one or more MCS values, Msg3 is decoded on thecorresponding physical resources.

Preferably, the two uplink resource configurations share part of thescheduling parameters, including one or more of the followingparameters: subcarrier spacing, subcarrier allocation, scheduling delayand repetition times.

Preferably, the two uplink resource configurations include twoindependent MCS fields. Wherein, the MCS field indicates the modulationscheme, the number of RUs, and the TBS value through a predefined table.

Preferably, the two uplink resource configurations correspond to thesame MCS field, but have different interpretations for the MCS fieldaccording to the indication of another field.

Preferably, the field for determining the interpretation mode of the MCSfield is 1 bit, and when the bit indicates “0”, the MCS field isinterpreted by a predefined table, when the bit indicates “1”, the MCSfield is interpreted by another predefined table.

According to still another aspect, an embodiment of the presentdisclosure provides a terminal, including:

an acquiring module, configured to acquire a PRACH resource poolconfiguration; and

a transmitting module, configured to randomly select one PRACH resourcein a PRACH resource pool to transmit a preamble sequence;

a processing module, configured to receive a RAR, decide an MCS tableused for parsing UL grant according to an indication in the RAR, andacquire a TBS and/or a resource block and/or a modulation mode in the ULgrant according to the MCS table;

reading module, configured to read data from the buffer according to theTBS; and

transmitting module, further configured for transmitting Msg3 on thespecified UL grant.

According to still another aspect, an embodiment of the presentdisclosure provides a base station, including:

a configuration module, configured to configure repetition times of aPRACH resource pool and a preamble sequence;

a detecting module, configured to detect the preamble sequence;

a transmitting module, configured to transmit an RAR, wherein, twouplink resource configurations available for Msg3 transmission areconfigured in the RAR;

a decoding module, configured to decode Msg3 on corresponding physicalresources according to the one or more MCS values.

The present disclosure provides a base station, a UE, a method foruplink resource allocation, and a method for uplink transmission.Compared with the prior art, in the embodiment of the presentdisclosure, a base station allocates BWP resources and intra-BWP PRBresources to a UE, the base station then transmits the BWP resourceindication information and the intra-BWP PRB resource indicationinformation to the UE. The BWP resource indication information is usedfor indicating the BWP resources allocated by the base station to theUE. The intra-BWP PRB resource indication information is used forindicating the intra-BWP PRB resources allocated by the base station,and then the UE receives the BWP resource indication information and theintra-BWP PRB resource indication information transmitted by the basestation, and then determines the BWP resources and the intra-BWP PRBresources allocated by the base station according to the BWP resourceindication information and the intra-BWP PRB resource indicationinformation so as to perform uplink transmission. That is, a new methodfor uplink resource allocation is designed to be applied to BWP-basedbandwidth allocation for future radio communication systems.

The present disclosure provides a method for determining a preamblesequence cyclic shift, applied in a user equipment in which a preamblesequence cyclic shift N_(cs) set is stored in advance, comprising thefollowing steps of:

receiving a System Information Block (SIB) transmitted by a base stationto acquire a first index carried in the SIB; and

selecting a preamble sequence cyclic shift N_(cs) corresponding to thefirst index from the preamble sequence cyclic shift set stored inadvance, according to the first index.

Preferably, the step of receiving a System Information Block (SIB)transmitted by a base station to acquire a first index carried in theSIB specifically comprises:

receiving at least one SIB transmitted by the base station; and

selecting one SIB from the at least one SIB according to a presetcondition, and determining the first index carried in the selected SIB.

Preferably, the preset condition is to preferably select asynchronization signal block having the highest signal intensity, andeach synchronization signal block carries at least one SIB.

Preferably, the preset condition is to select a synchronization signalblock having the highest signal intensity, and each synchronizationsignal block carries at least one SIB.

Preferably, each preamble sequence cyclic shift set corresponds to onesecond index, and the step of selecting a preamble sequence cyclic shiftN_(cs) corresponding to the first index from the preamble sequencecyclic shift set stored in advance, according to the first index,comprises:

acquiring a second index carried in the SIB; and

selecting a preamble sequence cyclic shift N_(cs) corresponding to thefirst index from the preamble sequence cyclic shift set stored inadvance, according to the first index and the second index.

Preferably, when there are at least two preamble sequence cyclic shiftsets stored in advance, the step of selecting a preamble sequence cyclicshift N_(cs) corresponding to the first index from the preamble sequencecyclic shift sets stored in advance, according to the first index andthe second index comprises:

Determining a preamble sequence cyclic shift set corresponding to thesecond index from the at least two preamble sequence cyclic shift setsstored in advance, according to the second index; and

Selecting a preamble sequence cyclic shift N_(cs) corresponding to thefirst index from the preamble sequence cyclic shift set corresponding tothe second index, according to the first index.

Preferably, when there are at least two preamble sequence cyclic shiftsets stored in advance, the step of selecting a preamble sequence cyclicshift N_(cs) corresponding to the first index from the preamble sequencecyclic shift sets stored in advance, according to the first index andthe second index comprises:

Determining a preamble sequence cyclic shift set corresponding to thesecond index from the at least two preamble sequence cyclic shift setsstored in advance, according to the second index;

Selecting a preamble sequence cyclic shift N_(cs) corresponding to thefirst index from the preamble sequence cyclic shift set corresponding tothe second index, according to the first index; and

when it is unable to generate any preamble sequence based on thephysical index of an initial preamble root sequence and the selectedpreamble sequence cyclic shift N_(cs), determining that the preamblesequence cyclic shift N_(cs) is 0, i.e., NCS=0; or otherwise, keepingthe selected preamble sequence cyclic shift N_(cs) unchanged.

Preferably, when there is one preamble sequence cyclic shift set storedin advance, the step of selecting a preamble sequence cyclic shiftN_(cs) corresponding to the first index from the preamble sequencecyclic shift set stored in advance, according to the first index and thesecond index, comprises:

when it is determined that the second index is not 0, determining thatthe preamble sequence cyclic shift N_(cs) is 0, i.e., NCS=0; orotherwise, selecting a preamble sequence cyclic shift N_(cs)corresponding to the first index from the preamble sequence cyclic shiftset stored in advance, according to the first index.

Preferably, when there is one preamble sequence cyclic shift set storedin advance, the step of selecting a preamble sequence cyclic shiftN_(cs) corresponding to the first index from the preamble sequencecyclic shift set stored in advance, according to the first indexcomprises:

if a direct configuration of a preamble sequence cyclic shift N_(cs)(zeroCyclicShift) indication is carried in the SIB, determining that thepreamble sequence cyclic shift N_(cs) is 0, i.e., NCS=0; or otherwise,selecting a preamble sequence cyclic shift N_(cs) corresponding to thefirst index from the preamble sequence cyclic shift set stored inadvance, according to the first index.

Preferably, the step of selecting a preamble sequence cyclic shiftN_(cs) corresponding to the first index from the preamble sequencecyclic shift set stored in advance, according to the first indexspecifically comprises:

If the zeroCyclicShift indication carried in the SIB is 1, determiningthat the preamble sequence cyclic shift N_(cs) is 0, i.e., NCS=0; orotherwise, selecting a preamble sequence cyclic shift N_(cs)corresponding to the first index from the preamble sequence cyclic shiftset stored in advance, according to the first index.

Preferably, each preamble sequence cyclic shift N_(cs) corresponds toone first index.

The present disclosure further discloses a method for configuring apreamble sequence cyclic shift set, comprising the following steps of:

determining all values of the preamble sequence cyclic shift N_(cs)according to a Zadoff-Chu (ZC) sequence and the degree of frequencyoffset; and

selecting a preset number of preamble sequence cyclic shifts N_(cs) fromall values of the preamble sequence cyclic shift N_(cs) to generate apreamble sequence cyclic shift set, and transmitting the generatedpreamble sequence cyclic shift set to both the base station and the userequipment for storage.

Preferably, the indexes of the ZC sequence is 1≤u≤N_(zc)−1, and the stepof determining all values of the preamble sequence cyclic shifts N_(cs)according to a Zadoff-Chu (ZC) sequence and the degree of frequencyoffset specifically comprises:

Calculating all values of the preamble sequence cyclic shifts N_(cs)corresponding to the uth indexes of the ZC sequence, according to the ZCsequence and the degree of frequency offset, and dividing the calculatedvalues of the preamble sequence cyclic shifts N_(cs) into Q groups inaccordance with a preset value range of the preamble sequence cyclicshift N_(cs); and

the step of selecting a preset number of preamble sequence cyclic shiftsN_(cs) from all values of the preamble sequence cyclic shifts N_(cs) togenerate a preamble sequence cyclic shift set, specifically comprises:

selecting a preset number of preamble sequence cyclic shifts from allvalues of the preamble sequence cyclic shifts N_(cs) in each of thedivided Q groups to generate a preamble sequence cyclic shift set;

where N_(zc) denotes the length of the ZC sequence.

Preferably, the maximum number of preamble sequence cyclic shifts N_(cs)in the preamble sequence cyclic shift set is P, where P≥1.

Preferably, the step of selecting a preset number of preamble sequencecyclic shifts N_(cs) from the preamble sequence cyclic shifts N_(cs) ineach of the divided Q groups, specifically comprises: selecting zeropreamble sequence cyclic shift N_(cs) or at least one preamble sequencecyclic shift N_(cs).

Preferably, the degree of frequency offset comprises frequency offsetthat is 1 time, 2 times and 3 times of a sub-carrier spacing of therandom access channel, and the value range of the preamble sequencecyclic shift N_(cs) is not greater than an absolute difference betweenthe cyclic shifts generated by the ZC sequence at any two degrees offrequency offset.

Preferably, when the maximum degree of frequency offset is 2 times of asub-carrier spacing of a random access channel, the value range of thepreamble sequence cyclic shift N_(cs) further comprises:

N _(cs) ≤d _(u1)≤(N _(zc) −N _(cs))/2

N _(cs) ≤d _(u2)≤(N _(zc) −N _(cs))/2

N _(cs) ≤|d _(u1) −d _(u2)|

where, d_(u1) denotes a smaller one of the cyclic shift generated by theZC sequence in time domain when the degree of frequency offset is +1time of the sub-carrier spacing of the random access channel and thecyclic shift generated by the ZC sequence in time domain when the degreeof frequency offset is −1 time of the sub-carrier spacing of the randomaccess channel, and d_(u2) denotes a smaller one of the cyclic shiftgenerated by the ZC sequence in time domain when the degree of frequencyoffset is +2 times of the sub-carrier spacing of the random accesschannel and the cyclic shift generated by the ZC sequence in time domainwhen the degree of frequency offset is −2 times of the sub-carrierspacing of the random access channel.

Preferably, when the maximum degree of frequency offset is 3 times of asub-carrier spacing of a random access channel, the value range of thepreamble sequence cyclic shift N_(cs) further comprises:

N _(cs) ≤d _(u3)≤(N _(zc) −N _(cs))/2

N _(cs) ≤|d _(u3) −d _(u1)|

N _(cs) ≤d _(u2) −d _(u3)|

where, d_(u3) denotes a smaller one of the cyclic shift generated by theZC sequence in time domain when the degree of frequency offset is +3times of the sub-carrier spacing of the random access channel and thecyclic shift generated by the ZC sequence by the ZC sequence in timedomain when the degree of frequency offset is −3 times of thesub-carrier spacing of the random access channel.

The present disclosure provides a device for determining a preamblesequence cyclic shift, applied in a user equipment in which a preamblesequence cyclic shift N_(cs) set is stored in advance, comprising:

a first processing unit configured to receive a System Information Block(SIB) transmitted by a base station to acquire a first index carried inthe SIB; and

a second processing unit configured to select a preamble sequence cyclicshift N_(cs) corresponding to the first index from the preamble sequencecyclic shift set stored in advance, according to the first index.

The present disclosure further discloses a device for configuring apreamble sequence cyclic shift set, comprising:

a first processing unit configured to determine all values of a preamblesequence cyclic shift N_(cs) according to a Zadoff-Chu (ZC) sequence andthe degree of frequency offset;

a second processing unit configured to select a preset number ofpreamble sequence cyclic shifts N_(cs) from all values of the preamblesequence cyclic shifts N_(cs) to generate a preamble sequence cyclicshift set; and

a transmission unit configured to transmit the generated preamblesequence cyclic shift set to both the base station and the userequipment for storage.

Compared with the prior art, the present disclosure has the followingadvantages.

In the present disclosure, the complex and diverse demands such ascoverage in 5G wireless communication systems are satisfied, theintra-cell interference and the inter-cell interference are reduced, andlower access delay and better access experience are provided for users.

Additional aspects and advantages of the disclosure will be set forth inpart in the description which follows, and in part will be obvious fromthe description below, or can be learned by practice of the disclosure.

Advantageous Effects of Invention

According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, the basestation and/or user equipment can efficiently allocate uplink resources,and efficiently perform random access procedure.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

The foregoing and/or additional aspects and advantages of the presentdisclosure will be readily apparent from the following description ofthe embodiments, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, inwhich:

FIG. 1 illustrates a wireless communication system according to variousembodiments of the present disclosure;

FIG. 2 illustrates the BS in the wireless communication system accordingto various embodiments of the present disclosure;

FIG. 3 illustrates the terminal in the wireless communication systemaccording to various embodiments of the present disclosure;

FIG. 4 illustrates the communication interface in the wirelesscommunication system according to various embodiments of the presentdisclosure;

FIG. 5 is an interactive flowchart of a method for uplink resourceallocation and a method for uplink transmission method according to anembodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of UL Grant binary bit arrangementaccording to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 7 is another schematic diagram of UL Grant binary bit arrangementaccording to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 8 is still another schematic diagram of UL Grant binary bitarrangement according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 9 is still another schematic diagram of UL Grant binary bitarrangement according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 10 is still another schematic diagram of UL Grant binary bitarrangement according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 11 is still another schematic diagram of UL Grant binary bitarrangement according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 12 is still schematic diagram of UL Grant binary bit arrangementaccording to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 13 is still another schematic diagram of UL Grant binary bitarrangement according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 14 is yet another schematic diagram of UL Grant binary bitarrangement according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 15 is yet another schematic diagram of UL Grant binary bitarrangement according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 16 is still another schematic diagram of UL Grant binary bitarrangement according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 17 is a schematic diagram of a binary bit arrangement of PRBresource allocation information within a BWP in an UL Grant according toan embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 18 is a schematic diagram of another binary bit arrangement of PRBresource allocation information within BWP in UL Grant according to anembodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 19 is a schematic diagram of another binary bit arrangement of PRBresource allocation information within BWP in UL Grant according to anembodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 20 is a schematic diagram of another binary bit arrangement of PRBresource allocation information within BWP in UL Grant according to anembodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 21 is a schematic diagram of another binary bit arrangement of PRBresource allocation information within BWP in UL Grant according to anembodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 22 is a schematic flowchart of transmitting UL data by a UE throughMsg3 in an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 23 is a schematic diagram of a MAC RAR of an NB-IOT UE in anembodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 24 is a schematic diagram of a MAC RAR of an eMTC Mode B UE in anembodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 25 is a schematic flowchart of transmitting UL data by the UEthrough Msg3 in an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 26 is a schematic flowchart of transmitting, by the UE, TBSinformation actually used by Msg3 through a PUCCH in an embodiment ofthe present disclosure;

FIG. 27 is a schematic flowchart of transmitting, by the UE, TBSinformation actually used by Msg3 through Msg3 piggyback in anembodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 28 is a schematic flowchart of transmitting, by the UE, TBSinformation actually used by Msg3 through DMRS of Msg3 in an embodimentof the present disclosure;

FIG. 29 is a schematic flowchart of scheduling, by an eNB,retransmission of Msg3 based on a TBS value actually used by Msg3 in anembodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 30 is a schematic diagram of an exemplary mobile communicationnetwork according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 31 is a schematic diagram of an apparatus structure of a basestation according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 32 is a schematic diagram of an apparatus structure of a UEaccording to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 33 is a schematic flowchart of the conventional contention-basedrandom access in the prior art;

FIG. 34 is a schematic flowchart of a method for determining a randomaccess preamble sequence cyclic shift amount according to the presentdisclosure;

FIG. 35 is a schematic diagram of a method for transmitting a preamblesequence cyclic shift amount configuration index under multiple beamsand a preamble sequence cyclic shift amount set index according to thepresent disclosure;

FIG. 36 is a schematic structure diagram of a transmitting terminalbased on an antenna array according to the present disclosure;

FIG. 37 is a schematic diagram of designating a beam direction by a userequipment according to the present disclosure;

FIG. 38 is a schematic flowchart of a method for configuring a preamblesequence cyclic shift amount set according to the present disclosure;

FIG. 39 is a schematic flowchart of a method for configuring a preamblesequence cyclic shift amount set according to the present disclosure;

FIG. 40 is a schematic diagram of the generated preamble sequence cyclicshift amount set according to the present disclosure;

FIG. 41 is a schematic diagram of a search window for a frequency offsetthat is 1 time of the sub-carrier spacing of a random access channel anda duplicate window according to the present disclosure;

FIG. 42 is a schematic diagram of a search window for a frequency offsetthat is 2 times of the sub-carrier spacing of the random access channeland a duplicate window according to the present disclosure;

FIG. 43 is a schematic diagram of a search window for a frequency offsetthat is 3 times of the sub-carrier spacing of the random access channeland a duplicate window according to the present disclosure;

FIG. 44 is a schematic flowchart of a method for determining a preamblesequence cyclic shift amount according to the present disclosure;

FIG. 45 is a schematic structure diagram of a device for configuring apreamble sequence cyclic shift amount set according to the presentdisclosure; and

FIG. 46 is a schematic structure diagram of a device for determining apreamble sequence cyclic shift amount according to the presentdisclosure.

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

Embodiments of the present disclosure will be described in detailhereafter. The examples of these embodiments have been illustrated inthe drawings throughout which same or similar reference numerals referto same or similar elements or elements having same or similarfunctions. The embodiments described hereafter with reference to thedrawings are illustrative, merely used for explaining the presentdisclosure and should not be regarded as any limitations thereto.

It should be understood by those skill in the art that singular forms“a”, “an”, “the”, and “said” may be intended to include plural forms aswell, unless otherwise stated. It should be further understood thatterms “include/including” used in this specification specify thepresence of the stated features, integers, steps, operations, elementsand/or components, but not exclusive of the presence or addition of oneor more other features, integers, steps, operations, elements,components, and/or combinations thereof. It should be understood thatwhen a component is referred to as being “connected to” or “coupled to”another component, it may be directly connected or coupled to otherelements or provided with intervening elements therebetween. Inaddition, “connected to” or “coupled to” as used herein may includewireless connection or coupling. As used herein, term “and/or” includesall or any of one or more associated listed items or combinationsthereof.

Unless otherwise defined, all terms (including technical and scientificterms) used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by thoseskill in the art to which the present disclosure belongs. It shall befurther understood that terms, such as those defined in commonly useddictionaries, should be interpreted as having a meaning that isconsistent with their meanings in the context of the prior art and willnot be interpreted in an idealized or overly formal sense unlessexpressly so defined herein.

It should be understood by a person of ordinary skill in the art thatterm “terminal” and “terminal apparatus” as used herein include not onlyapparatuses merely with a wireless signal receiver having no emissioncapability but also apparatuses with receiving and emitting hardwarecapable of carrying out bidirectional communication over a bidirectionalcommunication link. Such apparatuses can include cellular or othercommunication apparatuses with a single-line display or multi-linedisplay or without a multi-line display; Personal Communication Systems(PCSs) with combined functionalities of speech, data processing,facsimile and/or data communication; Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs),which can include RF receivers, pagers, internet/intranet accesses, webbrowsers, notepads, calendars and/or Global Positioning System (GPS)receivers; and/or conventional laptop and/or palmtop computers or otherapparatuses having and/or including a RF receiver. The “terminal” and“terminal apparatus” as used herein may be portable, transportable,mountable in transportations (air, sea and/or land transportations), orsuitable and/or configured to run locally and/or distributed in otherplaces in the earth and/or space for running. The “terminal” or“terminal apparatus” as used herein may be a communication terminal, aninternet terminal, and a music/video player terminal. For example, itmay be a PDA, a Mobile Internet Device (MID) and/or a mobile phone witha music/video playback function, or may be apparatuses such as a smartTV and a set-top box.

Hereinafter, in various embodiments of the present disclosure, hardwareapproaches will be described as an example. However, various embodimentsof the present disclosure include a technology that uses both hardwareand software and thus, the various embodiments of the present disclosuremay not exclude the perspective of software.

Hereinafter, the present disclosure describes technology for apparatusand method for uplink transmission in a wireless communication system.

The terms referring to a signal, the terms referring to a channel, theterms referring to control information, the terms referring to a networkentity, and the terms referring to elements of a device used in thefollowing description are used only for convenience of the description.Accordingly, the present disclosure is not limited to the followingterms, and other terms having the same technical meaning may be used.

Further, although the present disclosure describes various embodimentsbased on the terms used in some communication standards (for example,3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP)), they are only examples forthe description. Various embodiments of the present disclosure may beeasily modified and applied to other communication systems.

The rapid development of information industry, particularly theincreasing demand from the mobile Internet and the Internet of Things(IoT), brings about unprecedented challenges in the future mobilecommunication technology. For example, according to the ITU-R M.[IMT.BEYOND 2020. TRAFFIC] issued by the International TelecommunicationUnion (ITU), it can be expected that, by 2020, mobile services trafficwill grow nearly 1,000 times as compared with that in 2010 (4G era), andthe number of user device connections will also be over 17 billion, andwith a vast number of IoT devices gradually expand into the mobilecommunication network, the number of connected devices will be even moreastonishing. In response to this unprecedented challenge, thecommunication industry and academia have prepared for 2020s by launchingan extensive study of the fifth-generation mobile communicationtechnology (5G). Currently, in ITU-R M.[IMT.VISION] from ITU, theframework and overall objectives of the future 5G have been discussed,where the demands outlook, application scenarios and various importantperformance indexes of 5G have been described in detail. In terms of newdemands in 5G, the ITU-R M.[IMT. FUTURE TECHNOLOGY TRENDS] from ITUprovides information related to the 5G technology trends, which isintended to address prominent issues such as significant improvement onsystem throughput, consistency of the user experience, scalability tosupport IoT, time delay, energy efficiency, cost, network flexibility,support for emerging services and flexible spectrum utilization, etc.

It is an important step in a radio communication system to indicate theUE the resources for uplink transmission through an uplink grant (ULGrant). In LTE/LTE-A, a specific Downlink Control Information (DCI) anda Random Access Response (RAR or Msg2) in the random access procedureboth include the UL Grant. Wherein, the UL grant contains the followinginformation:

-   -   frequency hopping flag    -   resource allocation indication, which might include Resource        Indication Value (RIV) and frequency hopping resource allocation        information;    -   Modulation and Coding Scheme (MCS);    -   Channel Quality Information (CQI) request;    -   other information;

The UE can obtain a starting Physical Resource Block (PRB) location(RB_(START)) and the number (L_(CRBs)) of allocated continuous PRBsaccording to the RIV and a corresponding calculation method. If thefrequency hopping flag is 0, only the RIV is included in the resourceallocation indication. In this case, a Physical Uplink Shared Channel(PUSCH) continuously maps L_(CRBs) resource blocks starting from theresource block RB_(START) in accordance with a way of increasing theresource block index. If the frequency hopping flag is 1, the resourceallocation indication includes both the frequency hopping resourceallocation information and the RIV. In this case, the PUSCH resourceallocation in a first slot (or a subframe during an even number of HARQtransmissions) and the PUSCH resource allocation in a second slot (or asubframe during an odd number of HARQ transmissions) can be obtainedaccording to the RIV, the frequency hopping resource allocationinformation and other possible information (such as the cell-specificfrequency hopping pattern, mirror pattern, etc.).

It should be noted that in the LTE/LTE-A system, the uplink resourceallocation aims at the entire system bandwidth, that is, one or morePRBs are selected among all available PRBs in the uplink systembandwidth as the allocated PUSCH transmission resources. Since LTE/LTE-Aemploys the uplink transmission scheme of DFT-S-OFDM, if the number ofallocated PRBs is more than one, the PRBs are continuous in frequencydomain.

In the future radio communication system, the whole system bandwidthwill be divided into several Bandwidth Parts (BWPs). For any UE, onlyone uplink BWP is activated at the same time. Therefore, the allocationof the uplink resources in the UL Grant of the future radiocommunication system needs to include both the indication of the BWP andthe indication of the PRB within the BWP. In addition, in the future,the radio communication system can simultaneously support both a cyclePrefix-Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (CP-OFDM) uplinktransmission scheme and a Discrete Fourier Transform-Spread-OrthogonalFrequency Division Multiplexing (DFT-S-OFDM) uplink transmission scheme.Therefore, if the number of allocated PRBs is more than one, these PRBsmay be continuous in frequency domain or may be discrete, or may also bepartially continuous. On the other hand, if the UL Grant includes afrequency hopping indication, frequency hopping of uplink resources maybe performed within the same BWP or between different BWPs.

As mentioned above, the method for uplink resource allocation of thesystem-wide bandwidth continuous PRB used in the UL Grant of LTE/LTE-Acannot be applied to future radio communication systems.

In addition, for machine type communication (MTC), typical data types,such as meter reading services, are aperiodic packets. Therefore, if thedata service can be transmitted to the base station as soon as possible,it can be switched to the idle mode as soon as possible, therebyachieving the power saving effect after successful. In the workingproject of Rel-15 NB-IoT (narrow band internet of thing) and enhancedMTC (eMTC), the data service information carried in Msg3 and Msg4 willbe standardized. However, in the current NB-IoT system, the RAR can onlyindicate the 88-bit UL grant for Msg3 transmission. Therefore, it isnecessary to extend the transport block size (TBS) which can beindicated by the UL grant in the RAR of NB-IoT system, so that the TBScan carry uplink data services. For the eMTC systems, it is alsonecessary to extend the TBS of eMTC due to the limited maximum supportedTBS in coverage enhancement mode B (CE mode B). In addition, larger TBSsshould not affect previous versions of UEs or UEs that do not supportthis function. Therefore, some new mechanisms are also needed to avoidthe impact on UEs that do not support this function.

On the other hand, a random access process, as an important step in awireless communication system, is used for establishing uplinksynchronization between a user and a base station and for allocating, bythe base station and to the user, an ID for identifying a user, etc. Theperformance of random access directly influences the user's experience.For a conventional wireless communication system, for example, in LTEand LTE-A, the random access process is used in various scenarios suchas establishment of an initial link, cell handover, reestablishment ofan uplink and RRC (Radio Resource Control) connection reestablishment,and is classified into contention-based random access andcontention-free random access depending upon whether a user exclusivelyoccupies preamble sequence resources.

In LTE-A, the contention-based random access process includes foursteps, as shown in FIG. 33. Before the start of the random accessprocess, the base station transmits configuration information of therandom access process to the user and the user performs the randomaccess process according to the received configuration information. Inthe first step, the user randomly selects a preamble sequence from apreamble sequence resource pool and transmits the preamble sequence to abase station. The base station performs correlation detection on thereceived signal, so as to identify the preamble sequence transmitted bythe user. In the second step, the base station transmits a Random AccessResponse (RAR) to the user. The RAR contains an identifier of a randomaccess preamble sequence, a timing advance instruction determinedaccording to an estimated time delay between the user and the basestation, a Temporary Cell-Radio Network Temporary Identifier (TC-RNTI),and time-frequency resources allocated for the user to perform uplinktransmission next time. In the third step, the user transmits a Message3 (Msg3) to the base station according to the information in the RAR.The Msg3 contains information such as a user equipment identifier and anRRC link request, wherein the user equipment identifier is an identifierthat is unique to the user and used for resolving a collision. In thefourth step, the base station transmits a collision resolutionidentifier to the user, the collision resolution identifier containing aterminal identifier of a user who wins in the collision resolution. Theuser upgrades TC-RNTI to Cell-Radio Network Temporary Identifier(C-RNTI) upon detecting its own identifier, and transmits anAcknowledgement (ACK) signal to the base station to complete the randomaccess process and then waits for the scheduling of the base station.

For a contention-free random access process, since the base station hasknown the identifier of the user, the base station can allocate apreamble sequence to the user. Thus, when transmitting a preamblesequence, the user does not need to randomly select a sequence, andinstead, it will use the allocated preamble sequence. Upon detecting theallocated preamble sequence, the base station will transmit acorresponding random access response, the random access responseincludes information such as timing advance and uplink resourceallocation. Upon receiving the random access response, the userconsiders that the uplink synchronization has been completed, and thenwaits for the further scheduling of the base station. Thus, the initialaccess process and the contention-free random access process containonly two steps: a step 1 of transmitting a preamble sequence, and a step2 of transmitting a random access response. In an LTE-A system, a RandomAccess Channel (RACH) uses a cyclic shift sequence of a Zadoff-Chu (ZC)sequence having a length of 839 as a preamble sequence. Two randomaccess preamble sequence cyclic shift sets are configured in a practicalsystem, i.e., a non-restricted set and a restricted set, whichrespectively correspond to low-speed cells and high-speed cells. For thehigh-speed cells, the maximum allowable frequency offset is 1 time ofthe sub-carrier spacing of the random access channel.

The selection of the cyclic shift has great influence on the performanceof the random access. If the cyclic shift is too large, the number ofcyclic shift sequences that can be generated by each ZC root sequencewill be reduced, and consequently, the ZC sequence is less reused andthe inter-cell interference is increased; and if the cyclic shift is toosmall, the coverage of cells will be reduced, and the networking demandscannot be satisfied. For low-speed cells, in the selection of the cyclicshift, the coverage of cells is mainly considered; and for high-speedcells, in addition to the coverage of cells, the influence on the ZCsequence zero correlation from the frequency offset is also required tobe considered.

Taking all these factors into account, the configuration of the preamblesequence cyclic shift set in the LTE-A system is as shown in Table 1(N_(cs) denotes the cyclic shift). The non-restricted set contains 16cyclic shifts and the restricted set contains 15 cyclic shifts.

TABLE 1 The preamble sequence cyclic shift set in the LTE-A N_(CS) valueN_(CS) Non-restricted Restricted configuration set set 0 0 15 1 13 18 215 22 3 18 26 4 22 32 5 26 38 6 32 46 7 38 55 8 46 68 9 59 82 10 76 10011 93 128 12 119 158 13 167 202 14 279 237 15 419 —

The System Information Block (SIB) contains a 1-bit high-speed-flag. Ifthis flag is 0, the non-restricted set in Table 1 is used; and if thisflag is 1, the restricted set in Table 1 is used. In addition, the useralso reads a preamble sequence cyclic shift index(zeroCorrelationZoneConfig) of the random access channel contained inthe SIB, and determines the final cyclic shift according to the indexand the selected cyclic shift set.

During the present generation of a preamble sequence cyclic shift, onlytwo sets are defined, i.e., an non-restricted set and a restricted set,which respectively correspond to low-speed cells and high-speed cellshaving a maximum frequency offset that is 1 time of the sub-carrierspacing of the random access channel. In a 5G wireless communicationsystem, the system supports millimeter-wave-level greater carrierfrequencies, a sub-carrier spacing of a different size is used fordifferent carrier frequencies, and the coverage demands for cells changecorrespondingly. It is necessary to redesign the existing cyclic shiftset being free of frequency offset and the cyclic shift set having afrequency offset that is 1 time of the sub-carrier spacing. In addition,a high carrier frequency will also result in a greater carrier frequencyoffset. And, under a high carrier frequency, the characteristics ofRadio-Frequency (RF) devices, such as non-linearity, will also introducea certain degree of carrier frequency offset. In this case, the carrierfrequency offset may be much greater than 1 time of the sub-carrierspacing of the random access channel. It is desired to design a newpreamble sequence cyclic shift set.

As described above, the use of cyclic shifts in the non-restricted setand the restricted set in the LTE-A cannot meet the requirements of the5G wireless communication system. It is required to design more cyclicshift sets for the complex and diverse demands in the 5G wirelesscommunication system, design specific cyclic shift values in each cyclicshift set according to different situations, and design a correspondingmethod for determining a cyclic shift.

FIG. 1 illustrates a wireless communication system according to variousembodiments of the present disclosure. In FIG. 1, a base station (BS)110, a terminal 120, and a terminal 130 are illustrated as the part ofnodes using a wireless channel in a wireless communication system. FIG.1 illustrates only one BS, but another BS, which is the same as orsimilar to the BS 110, may be further included.

The BS 110 is network infrastructure that provides wireless access tothe terminals 120 and 130. The BS 110 has coverage defined as apredetermined geographical region based on the distance at which asignal can be transmitted. The BS 110 may be referred to as “accesspoint (AP),” “eNodeB (eNB),” “5th generation (5G) node,” “wirelesspoint,” “transmission/reception Point (TRP)” as well as “base station.”

Each of the terminals 120 and 130 is a device used by a user, andperforms communication with the BS 110 through a wireless channel.Depending on the case, at least one of the terminals 120 and 130 mayoperate without user involvement. That is, at least one of the terminals120 and 130 is a device that performs machine-type communication (MTC)and may not be carried by the user. Each of the terminals 120 and 130may be referred to as “user equipment (UE),” “mobile station,”“subscriber station,” “remote terminal,” “wireless terminal,” or “userdevice” as well as “terminal.”

The BS 110, the terminal 120, and the terminal 130 may transmit andreceive wireless signals in millimeter wave (mmWave) bands (for example,28 GHz, 30 GHz, 38 GHz, and 60 GHz). At this time, in order to improve achannel gain, the BS 110, the terminal 120, and the terminal 130 mayperform beamforming. The beamforming may include transmissionbeamforming and reception beamforming. That is, the BS 110, the terminal120, and the terminal 130 may assign directivity to a transmissionsignal and a reception signal. To this end, the BS 110 and the terminals120 and 130 may select serving beams 112, 113, 121, and 131 through abeam search procedure or a beam management procedure. After that,communications may be performed using resources having a quasico-located relationship with resources carrying the serving beams 112,113, 121, and 131.

A first antenna port and a second antenna ports are considered to bequasi co-located if the large-scale properties of the channel over whicha symbol on the first antenna port is conveyed can be inferred from thechannel over which a symbol on the second antenna port is conveyed. Thelarge-scale properties may include one or more of delay spread, dopplerspread, doppler shift, average gain, average delay, and spatial Rxparameters.

FIG. 2 illustrates the BS in the wireless communication system accordingto various embodiments of the present disclosure. A structureexemplified at FIG. 2 may be understood as a structure of the BS 110.The term “-module”, “-unit” or “-er” used hereinafter may refer to theunit for processing at least one function or operation and may beimplemented in hardware, software, or a combination of hardware andsoftware.

Referring to FIG. 2, the BS may include a wireless communicationinterface 210, a backhaul communication interface 220, a storage unit230, and a controller 240.

The wireless communication interface 210 performs functions fortransmitting and receiving signals through a wireless channel. Forexample, the wireless communication interface 210 may perform a functionof conversion between a baseband signal and bitstreams according to aphysical layer standard of the system. For example, in datatransmission, the wireless communication interface 210 generates complexsymbols by encoding and modulating transmission bitstreams. Further, indata reception, the wireless communication interface 210 reconstructsreception bitstreams by demodulating and decoding the baseband signal.

In addition, the wireless communication interface 210 up-converts thebaseband signal into an Radio Frequency (RF) band signal, transmits theconverted signal through an antenna, and then down-converts the RF bandsignal received through the antenna into the baseband signal. To thisend, the wireless communication interface 210 may include a transmissionfilter, a reception filter, an amplifier, a mixer, an oscillator, adigital-to-analog convertor (DAC), an analog-to-digital convertor (ADC),and the like. Further, the wireless communication interface 210 mayinclude a plurality of transmission/reception paths. In addition, thewireless communication interface 210 may include at least one antennaarray consisting of a plurality of antenna elements.

On the hardware side, the wireless communication interface 210 mayinclude a digital unit and an analog unit, and the analog unit mayinclude a plurality of sub-units according to operation power, operationfrequency, and the like. The digital unit may be implemented as at leastone processor (e.g., a digital signal processor (DSP)).

The wireless communication interface 210 transmits and receives thesignal as described above. Accordingly, the wireless communicationinterface 210 may be referred to as a “transmitter” a “receiver,” or a“transceiver.” Further, in the following description, transmission andreception performed through the wireless channel may be used to have ameaning including the processing performed by the wireless communicationinterface 210 as described above.

The backhaul communication interface 220 provides an interface forperforming communication with other nodes within the network. That is,the backhaul communication interface 220 converts bitstreams transmittedto another node, for example, another access node, another BS, a highernode, or a core network, from the BS into a physical signal and convertsthe physical signal received from the other node into the bitstreams.

According to various embodiments, at least one of the wirelesscommunication interface 210 and the backhaul communication interface 220may include transmitting module 2302 and/or transmitting unit 1313.Here, transmitting module 2302 and/or transmitting unit 1313 may be acommand/code temporarily resided in the at least one of the wirelesscommunication interface 210 and the backhaul communication interface220, a storage space that stores the command/code, or a part ofcircuitry of the at least one of the wireless communication interface210 and the backhaul communication interface 220.

The storage unit 230 stores a basic program, an application, and datasuch as setting information for the operation of the BS 110. The storageunit 230 may include a volatile memory, a non-volatile memory, or acombination of volatile memory and non-volatile memory. Further, thestorage unit 230 provides stored data in response to a request from thecontroller 240.

The controller 240 controls the general operation of the BS. Forexample, the controller 240 transmits and receives a signal through thewireless communication interface 210 or the backhaul communicationinterface 220. Further, the controller 240 records data in the storageunit 230 and reads the recorded data. The controller 240 may performsfunctions of a protocol stack that is required from a communicationstandard. According to another implementation, the protocol stack may beincluded in the wireless communication interface 210. To this end, thecontroller 240 may include at least one processor.

According to various embodiments, the controller 240 may includesallocating module 2301, first processing unit 1301, and/or secondprocessing unit 1302. Here, module 2301, first processing unit 1301,and/or second processing unit 1302 may be a command/code temporarilyresided in the controller 240, a storage space that stores thecommand/code, or a part of circuitry of the controller 240.

According to exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, thecontroller 240 may transmit, to a user equipment (UE), resourceindication information. The resource indication comprises at least oneof bandwidth part (BWP) resource indication information for indicatingBWP resources that is allocated by the BS to the UE, intra-BWP physicalresource block (PRB) resource indication information for indicatingintra-BWP PRB resources that is allocated by the BS to the UE, and timedomain indication information. The resource indication information istransmitted through at least one of uplink grant information, andremaining system information (RMSI).

According to another embodiment of the present disclosure, thecontroller 240 may determine values of a preamble sequence cyclic shiftN_(cs) based on a Zadoff-Chu (ZC) sequence and a degree of frequencyoffset, select a preset number of preamble sequence cyclic shifts N_(cs)from the values of the preamble sequence cyclic shift N_(cs) to generatea preamble sequence cyclic shift set, and control to transmit thegenerated preamble sequence cyclic shift set to at least one of a basestation (BS) and a user equipment (UE)

For example, the controller 240 may control the base station to performoperations according to the exemplary embodiments of the presentdisclosure.

FIG. 3 illustrates the terminal in the wireless communication systemaccording to various embodiments of the present disclosure. A structureexemplified at FIG. 3 may be understood as a structure of the terminal120 or the terminal 130. The term “-module”, “-unit” or “-er” usedhereinafter may refer to the unit for processing at least one functionor operation, and may be implemented in hardware, software, or acombination of hardware and software.

Referring to FIG. 3, the terminal 120 includes a communication interface310, a storage unit 320, and a controller 330.

The communication interface 310 performs functions fortransmitting/receiving a signal through a wireless channel. For example,the communication interface 310 performs a function of conversionbetween a baseband signal and bitstreams according to the physical layerstandard of the system. For example, in data transmission, thecommunication interface 310 generates complex symbols by encoding andmodulating transmission bitstreams. Also, in data reception, thecommunication interface 310 reconstructs reception bitstreams bydemodulating and decoding the baseband signal. In addition, thecommunication interface 310 up-converts the baseband signal into an RFband signal, transmits the converted signal through an antenna, and thendown-converts the RF band signal received through the antenna into thebaseband signal. For example, the communication interface 310 mayinclude a transmission filter, a reception filter, an amplifier, amixer, an oscillator, a DAC, and an ADC.

Further, the communication interface 310 may include a plurality oftransmission/reception paths. In addition, the communication interface310 may include at least one antenna array consisting of a plurality ofantenna elements. In the hardware side, the wireless communicationinterface 210 may include a digital circuit and an analog circuit (forexample, a radio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC)). The digitalcircuit and the analog circuit may be implemented as one package. Thedigital circuit may be implemented as at least one processor (e.g., aDSP). The communication interface 310 may include a plurality of RFchains. The communication interface 310 may perform beamforming.

The communication interface 310 transmits and receives the signal asdescribed above. Accordingly, the communication interface 310 may bereferred to as a “transmitter,” a “receiver,” or a “transceiver.”Further, in the following description, transmission and receptionperformed through the wireless channel is used to have a meaningincluding the processing performed by the communication interface 310 asdescribed above.

According to various embodiments, the communication interface 310 mayinclude receiving module 2401 and/or transmitting module 2402. Here, thereceiving module 2401 and/or transmitting module 2402 may be acommand/code temporarily resided in the communication interface 310, astorage space that stores the command/code, or a part of circuitry ofthe communication interface 310.

The storage unit 320 stores a basic program, an application, and datasuch as setting information for the operation of the terminal 120. Thestorage unit 320 may include a volatile memory, a non-volatile memory,or a combination of volatile memory and non-volatile memory. Further,the storage unit 320 provides stored data in response to a request fromthe controller 330.

The controller 330 controls the general operation of the terminal 120.For example, the controller 330 transmits and receives a signal throughthe communication interface 310. Further, the controller 330 recordsdata in the storage unit 320 and reads the recorded data. The controller330 may performs functions of a protocol stack that is required from acommunication standard. According to another implementation, theprotocol stack may be included in the communication interface 310. Tothis end, the controller 330 may include at least one processor ormicroprocessor, or may play the part of the processor. Further, the partof the communication interface 310 or the controller 330 may be referredto as a communication processor (CP).

According to various embodiments, the controller 330 may include firstprocessing unit 1401 and/or second processing unit 1402. Here, the firstprocessing unit 1401 and/or second processing unit 1402 may be acommand/code temporarily resided in the controller 330, a storage spacethat stores the command/code, or a part of circuitry of the controller330.

According to exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, thecontroller 330 may control to receive, from a base station (BS),resource indication information, and transmit an uplink signal based onthe resource indication information. The resource indication comprisesat least one of bandwidth part (BWP) resource indication information forindicating BWP resources that is allocated by the BS to the UE,intra-BWP physical resource block (PRB) resource indication informationfor indicating intra-BWP PRB resources that is allocated by the BS tothe UE, and time domain indication information. The resource indicationinformation is transmitted through at least one of uplink grantinformation, and remaining system information (RMSI).

According to another embodiment of the present disclosure, thecontroller 330 may control to receive, from a base station, a systeminformation block (SIB) comprising a first index, and select a preamblesequence cyclic shift N_(cs) corresponding to the first index from apreamble sequence cyclic shift set stored in the storage unit 320.

For example, the controller 330 may control the terminal to performoperations according to the exemplary embodiments of the presentdisclosure.

FIG. 4 illustrates the communication interface in the wirelesscommunication system according to various embodiments of the presentdisclosure. FIG. 4 shows an example for the detailed configuration ofthe communication interface 210 of FIG. 2 or the communication interface310 of FIG. 3. More specifically, FIG. 4 shows elements for performingbeamforming as part of the communication interface 210 of FIG. 2 or thecommunication interface 310 of FIG. 3.

Referring to FIG. 4, the communication interface 210 or 310 includes anencoding and circuitry 402, a digital circuitry 404, a plurality oftransmission paths 406-1 to 406-N, and an analog circuitry 408.

The encoding and circuitry 402 performs channel encoding. For thechannel encoding, at least one of a low-density parity check (LDPC)code, a convolution code, and a polar code may be used. The encoding andcircuitry 402 generates modulation symbols by performing constellationmapping.

The digital circuitry 404 performs beamforming for a digital signal (forexample, modulation symbols). To this end, the digital circuitry 404multiples the modulation symbols by beamforming weighted values. Thebeamforming weighted values may be used for changing the size and phraseof the signal, and may be referred to as a “precoding matrix” or a“precoder.” The digital circuitry 404 outputs the digitally beamformedmodulation symbols to the plurality of transmission paths 406-1 to406-N. At this time, according to a multiple input multiple output(MIMO) transmission scheme, the modulation symbols may be multiplexed,or the same modulation symbols may be provided to the plurality oftransmission paths 406-1 to 406-N.

The plurality of transmission paths 406-1 to 406-N convert the digitallybeamformed digital signals into analog signals. To this end, each of theplurality of transmission paths 406-1 to 406-N may include an inversefast Fourier transform (IFFT) calculation unit, a cyclic prefix (CP)insertion unit, a DAC, and an up-conversion unit. The CP insertion unitis for an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) scheme, andmay be omitted when another physical layer scheme (for example, a filterbank multi-carrier: FBMC) is applied. That is, the plurality oftransmission paths 406-1 to 406-N provide independent signal processingprocesses for a plurality of streams generated through the digitalbeamforming. However, depending on the implementation, some of theelements of the plurality of transmission paths 406-1 to 406-N may beused in common.

The analog circuitry 408 performs beamforming for analog signals. Tothis end, the digital circuitry 404 multiples the analog signals bybeamforming weighted values. The beamformed weighted values are used forchanging the size and phrase of the signal. More specifically, accordingto a connection structure between the plurality of transmission paths406-1 to 406-N and antennas, the analog circuitry 408 may be conFig.d invarious ways. For example, each of the plurality of transmission paths406-1 to 406-N may be connected to one antenna array. In anotherexample, the plurality of transmission paths 406-1 to 406-N may beconnected to one antenna array. In still another example, the pluralityof transmission paths 406-1 to 406-N may be adaptively connected to oneantenna array, or may be connected to two or more antenna arrays.

In the prior art, the method for uplink resource allocation ofsystem-wide bandwidth continuous PRB employed in the UL Grant ofLTE/LTE-A cannot be applied to future radio communication systems. It isnecessary to design a new method for uplink resource allocation for theBWP-based bandwidth division form for the future radio communicationsystem.

For the future radio communication system, an embodiment of the presentdisclosure proposes a new method for uplink resource allocation. In thismethod, the UL Grant is still used for uplink resource allocation,wherein the uplink resource allocation information includes at least twoparts of indication information: one part indicates the information ofthe BWP and the other indicates the information of PRB within the BWP.If the UL Grant further includes indication of frequency hopping, theuplink resource allocation information should also include resourceallocation of the corresponding frequency hopping. Specifically, for theforegoing two part of the indication information, the embodiments of thepresent disclosure provide different specific resource allocationsolutions, in which each solution supports two different frequencyhopping indications, i.e. no frequency hopping and frequency hopping,and also supports three different PRB allocation ways, i.e. continuousallocation of PRBs, discontinuous allocation of PRBs and partiallycontinuous allocation of PRBs.

The method for uplink resource allocation provided in the embodiments ofthe present disclosure can be applied to a situation in which fullbandwidth needs to be divided in a future radio communication system,and a resource allocation requirement that meets a diversity of needs isprovided, and the complexity and the system overhead are relatively low,so that the user can perform more efficient uplink transmission andprovide the user with a better access experience.

FIG. 5 is an interactive flowchart of a method for uplink resourceallocation, in which,

Step 501: a base station allocates BWP resources and PRB resourceswithin the BWP to a UE; Step 502: the base station transmits BWPresource indication information and intra-BWP PRB resource indicationinformation to the UE, wherein, the BWP resource indication informationis used for indicating the BWP resources which is allocated by the basestation to the UE, and the intra-BWP PRB resource indication informationis used for indicating the intra-BWP PRB resources allocated by the basestation to the UE; Step 503: the UE receives the BWP resource indicationinformation and the intra-BWP PRB resource indication informationtransmitted by the base station; Step 504: the UE determines the BWPresources and the intra-BWP PRB resources allocated by the base stationaccording to the BWP resource indication information and the intra-BWPPRB resource indication information; Step 505: the UE performs uplinktransmission according to the determined BWP resources and the intra-BWPPRB resources allocated by the base station.

Further, before Step 502, the method further includes: transmitting, bythe base station, the Remaining System Information (RMSI) based on theresource information of the downlink BWP.

Specifically, Step 502 includes: transmitting, by the base station, theBWP resource indication information and the intra-BWP PRB resourceindication information through the uplink grant information to the UE;or, transmitting, by the base station, the BWP resource indicationinformation to the UE through the RMSI, and transmitting, through uplinkgrant information, intra-BWP PRB resource indication information to theUE.

Wherein, if the uplink grant information does not carry frequencyhopping indication information, the BWP resource indication informationin the uplink grant information indicates the UE the BWP used for uplinktransmission, wherein the intra-BWP PRB resource indication informationin the uplink grant information indicates the UE the PRB in the BWPindicated by the BWP indication information used for uplinktransmission.

wherein, if the uplink grant information carries the frequency hoppingindication information, the frequency hopping indication information islocated in the at least one of the BWP indication information and theintra-BWP PRB resource indication information.

Specifically, the arrangement way of the BWP resource indicationinformation and the intra-BWP PRB resource indication information in theuplink grant information is a first predefined arrangement way.

wherein, the first predefined arrangement way includes at least one ofthe followings:

the BWP resource indication information and the intra-BWP PRB resourceindication information are arranged adjacent to each other, and the BWPresource indication information or the intra-BWP PRB resource indicationinformation is located at the most significant bit (MSB);

the BWP resource indication information and the intra-BWP PRB resourceindication information are arranged adjacent to each other, and the BWPresource indication information or the intra-BWP PRB resource indicationinformation is located at the least significant bit (LSB);

the BWP resource indication information and the intra-BWP PRB resourceindication information are arranged adjacent to each other, and neitherthe BWP resource indication information nor the intra-BWP PRB resourceindication information is located at the MSB and the LSB;

the BWP resource indication information and the intra-BWP PRB resourceindication information are not arranged adjacent to each other, and theBWP resource indication information and the intra-BWP PRB resourceindication information are located at the MSB or the LSB;

the BWP resource indication information and the intra-BWP PRB resourceindication information are not arranged adjacent to each other, andneither the BWP resource indication information nor the intra-BWP PRBresource indication information is located at the MSB or the LSB.

Wherein, the method further includes:

allocating time domain indication information to the UE;

wherein, the step of transmitting the BWP resource indicationinformation and the intra-BWP PRB resource indication information to theUE includes: transmitting the BWP resource indication information, theintra-BWP PRB resource indication information and the time domainindication information to the UE.

Wherein, the time domain resource indication information indicates theUE the starting location of the time domain of the uplink datatransmission and the number of symbols, mini-slots or slots used for theuplink data transmission in one mini-slot/slot/subframe.

Further, the step of transmitting the BWP resource indicationinformation, the intra-BWP PRB resource indication information and thetime domain indication information to the UE includes any one of thefollowings:

transmitting the BWP resource indication information, the intra-BWP PRBresource indication information and the time domain indicationinformation to the UE through the uplink grant information;

transmitting the BWP resource indication information through an RMSI tothe UE, and transmitting the intra-BWP PRB resource indicationinformation and the time domain indication information to the UE throughthe uplink grant information;

using the BWP resource indication information and the intra-BWP PRBresource indication information as the frequency domain indicationinformation;

the arrangement way of the frequency domain indication information andthe time domain indication information in the uplink grant informationis a second predefined arrangement way;

wherein, the second predefined arrangement way includes at least one ofthe followings:

the frequency domain indication information and the time domainindication information are arranged adjacent to each other, thefrequency domain indication information or the time domain indicationinformation is located at the MSB;

the frequency domain indication information and the time domainindication information are arranged adjacent to each other, and thefrequency domain indication information or the time domain indicationinformation is located at the LSB;

the frequency domain indication information and the time domainindication information are arranged adjacent to each other, and neitherthe frequency domain indication information nor the time domainindication information is located at the LSB and the MSB.

Further, the arrangement way of the PRB resources within the PRBindication information and the time domain indication information in theuplink grant information is a third predefined arrangement way;

wherein, the third predefined arrangement way includes at least one ofthe followings:

The intra-BWP PRB resource indication information and the time domainindication information are arranged adjacent to each other, the timedomain indication information or the intra-BWP PRB resource indicationinformation is located at the MSB;

The intra-BWP PRB resource indication information and the time domainindication information are arranged adjacent to each other, the timedomain indication information or the intra-BWP PRB resource indicationinformation is located at the LSB;

The intra-BWP PRB resource indication information and the time domainindication information are arranged adjacent to each other, and neitherthe time indication information nor the intra-BWP PRB resourceindication information is located at the LSB and the MSB.

Further, the BWP resource indication information indicates the BWPresource allocated by the base station to the UE through at least one ofthe following ways:

a first index value, wherein the first index value is an index value ofthe BWP;

a second index value, wherein, the second index value is an index valuecorresponding to a frequency difference between a frequency location ofthe BWP and a frequency location of a predefined BWP, wherein, thefrequency location includes a starting frequency location or a centralfrequency location;

a third index value and a fourth index value, wherein, the third indexvalue is an index value of the BWP which is allocated by the basestation to the UE on a first time unit, and the fourth index value is anindex value of the BWP which is allocated by the base station to the UEon a second time unit, wherein the time unit includes any one of a slot,a mini-slot and a subframe; and

a fifth index value and a sixth index value, wherein, the fifth indexvalue is an index value which is corresponding to a difference between afrequency location of the BWP for uplink transmission and allocated bythe base station to the UE on the first time unit and a frequencylocation of a predefined BWP, and the sixth index is an index valuewhich is corresponding to a difference between a frequency location ofthe BWP for uplink transmission and allocated by the base station to theUE on the second time unit and a frequency location of a predefined BWP.

Further, the intra-BWP PRB resource indication information indicates theBWP resources within the BWP which is allocated by the base station tothe UE by at least one of the following ways:

RIV;

number of segments of multiple continuous uplink PRB resources allocatedby the base station to the UE, and RIV respectively corresponding toeach segment;

bit-map information, wherein the intra-BWP PRB resource indicationinformation uses a resource block group (RBG) as a unit;

RBG indication information and bit-map information, wherein, theintra-BWP PRB resource indication information uses the RBG as a unit;

RBG resource allocation information and bit group information, wherein,the intra-BWP PRB resource indication information uses the PRB as aunit;

at least one of the number of segments of multiple continuous RBGresources allocated by the base station to the UE, starting locationinformation of each segment of RBG, and length information of eachsegment of RBG;

at least one of the number of segments of multiple continuous PRBresources allocated by the base station to the UE, starting locationinformation of each segment of PRB, and length information of eachsegment of PRB.

Further, the starting location information of each segment of RBG isused for indicating at least one of the followings:

the starting location of each segment of RBG resources;

a difference between the starting location of the 0^(th) segment of RBGresources and the starting locations of each remaining segment of RBGresources;

a ratio between the starting location of the 0^(th) segment of RBGresources and the starting location of each remaining segment of RBGresources;

wherein, the length information of each segment of RBG is used forindicating at least one of the following:

the length of each segment of RBG resources;

a difference between the length of the 0^(th) segment of RBG resourcesand the length of each remaining segment of RBG resources;

a ratio between the length of the 0^(th) segment of RBG resource and thelength of each remaining segment of RBG resources;

wherein, the starting location information of each segment of PRB isused for indicating at least one of the followings:

the starting location of each segment of PRB resources;

a difference between the starting location of the 0^(th) segment of PRBresources and the starting location of each remaining segment of PRBresources;

a ratio between the starting location of the 0^(th) segment of PRBresources and the starting location of each remaining segment of PRBresources;

wherein, the length information of each segment of PRB resources is usedfor indicating at least one of the followings:

the length of each segment of PRB resources;

a difference between the length of the 0^(th) segment of PRB resourcesand the length of each remaining segment of PRB resources;

a ratio between the length of the 0^(th) segment of PRB resources andthe length of each remaining segment of PRB resources.

Further, Step 503 includes any one of the followings: receiving, by theUE, BWP resource indication information and the intra-BWP PRB resourceindication information transmitted by the base station through theuplink grant information; and/or, receiving, by the UE, the BWP resourceindication information transmitted by the base station through the RMSI,and receiving the intra-BWP PRB resource indication informationtransmitted by the base station through the uplink grant information.

Further, if there is no frequency hopping indication information in theuplink grant information, the step of the UE determining, according tothe BWP resource indication information and the intra-BWP PRB resourceindication information, the BWP resources and the intra-BWP PRBresources allocated by the base station includes: the UE determines theBWP resources and the intra-BWP PRB resources allocated by the basestation from the BWP resource indication information and the intra-BWPPRB resource indication information in the uplink grant information.

Further, if there is frequency hopping indication information in theuplink grant information, the way for determining, by the UE andaccording to the BWP resource indication information, the BWP resourcesallocated for the UE by the base station includes:

if there is no frequency hopping indication information in the BWPresource indication information, determining, by the UE and according tothe BWP resource indication information in the uplink grant information,BWP resources allocated for the UE by the base station; or

if there is no frequency hopping indication information in the BWPresource indication information, determining, according to the frequencyhopping resources between the BWP allocation information and the BWPresource indication information in the intra-BWP PRB resource indicationinformation, the BWPs used for uplink transmission on the first timeunit and the second time unit respectively;

if the BWP resource indication information contains the frequencyhopping resources between the BWP allocation information, determining,according to the intra-BWP frequency hopping resource allocationinformation and the part of the BWP resource indication informationwhich is not the frequency hopping resource allocation information, theBWPs used for uplink transmission on the first time unit and the secondtime unit respectively; or

if the BWP resource indication information contains both the frequencyhopping resources between the BWP allocation information and thefrequency hopping resources between the intra-BWP PRB allocationinformation, based on the frequency hopping resources between the BWPallocation information and the part of the BWP resource indicationinformation which is not the frequency hopping resource allocationinformation, the BWPs used for uplink transmission on the first timeunit and the second time unit respectively.

Further, if there is frequency hopping indication information in theuplink grant information, a way for determining, by the UE and accordingto the intra-BWP PRB resource indication information, the intra-BWP PRBresources allocated by the base station includes:

if the intra-BWP PRB resource indication information does not containthe frequency hopping indication information, determining, by the UE andbased on the intra-BWP PRB resource indication information, theintra-BWP PRB resources allocated for the UE by the base station; or,

if the intra-BWP PRB resource indication information does not containthe frequency hopping indication information, determining, based on theintra-BWP inter-PRB frequency hopping resource allocation informationand the intra-BWP PRB resource indication information in the BWPresource indication information, the intra-BWP PRB resources used foruplink transmission on the first time unit and the second time unitrespectively;

if the intra-BWP PRB resource indication information contains theintra-BWP inter-PRB frequency hopping resource allocation information,determining, based on the intra-BWP inter-PRB frequency hopping resourceallocation information and the part, which is not the frequency hoppingresources, of the intra-BWP PRB resource indication information, theintra-BWP PRB resources used for uplink transmission on the first timeunit and the second time unit respectively;

if the intra-BWP PRB resource indication information contains both theintra-BWP inter-PRB frequency hopping resource allocation informationand the inter-BWP frequency hopping resource allocation information,determining, based on the intra-BWP inter-PRB frequency hopping resourceallocation information and the part, which is not the frequency hoppingresource allocation information, of the intra-BWP PRB resourceindication information, the intra-BWP PRB resources used for uplinktransmission on the first time unit and the second time unitrespectively.

Further, if the UE acquires the intra-BWP PRB resource indicationinformation only from the uplink grant information, the method furtherincludes:

if the uplink grant information does not contain the frequency hoppingindication information, the UE determines the PRB resources used foruplink transmission allocated within the uplink BWP based on theintra-BWP PRB resource indication information acquired in the uplinkgrant information; and if the uplink grant information contains thefrequency hopping indication information, the UE determines, based onthe intra-BWP inter-PRB frequency hopping resource allocationinformation in the intra-BWP PRB resource indication information and thepart, which is not the frequency hopping resource allocationinformation, of the intra-BWP PRB resource indication information, thePRB resources used for uplink transmission allocated within the uplinkBWP on the first time unit and the second time unit respectively.

Specifically, the step of receiving the BWP resource indicationinformation and the intra-BWP PRB resource indication informationtransmitted by the base station includes:

receiving the BWP resource indication information, the intra-BWP PRBresource indication information and the time domain resource indicationinformation transmitted by the base station;

the step of determining the BWP resources and the intra-BWP PRBresources allocated by the base station according to the BWP resourceindication information and the intra-BWP PRB resource indicationinformation includes:

determining the BWP resources, the intra-BWP PRB resources and the timedomain resources allocated by the base station according to the BWPresource indication information, the intra-BWP PRB resource indicationinformation and the time domain resource indication information.

Specifically, the step of receiving the BWP resource indicationinformation, the intra-BWP PRB resource indication information and thetime domain resource indication information transmitted by the basestation includes:

receiving the BWP resource indication information, the intra-BWP PRBresource indication information and the time domain resource indicationinformation transmitted by the base station through the uplink grantinformation; or

receiving the BWP resource indication information transmitted by thebase station through the RMSI, and receiving the intra-BWP PRB resourceindication information and the time domain resource indicationinformation transmitted by the base station through the uplink grantinformation.

Specifically, the way for determining the time domain resourcesaccording to the time domain resource indication information includes:

determining the time domain resources allocated by the base station fromthe time domain resource indication information in the uplink grantinformation.

Specifically, the step of performing uplink transmission according tothe determined BWP resources and the intra-BWP PRB resources allocatedby the base station includes: performing uplink transmission accordingto the determined BWP resources, the intra-BWP PRB resources and thetime domain resources allocated by the base station.

Further, the method further includes: the UE reads the RMSI and acquiresresource information of at least one available uplink BWP, resourceinformation of each available uplink BWP includes at least one of acentral frequency location of each BWP, a starting frequency location ofeach BWP, a frequency location difference and a bandwidth of the BWP,wherein, the frequency location difference is a location differencebetween a central frequency location of the BWP and a central frequencylocation of a predefined BWP, or a location difference between astarting frequency location of the BWP and a starting frequency locationof a predefined BWP.

Further, the way for determining the BWP resources allocated by the basestation according to the BWP resource indication information includes:the UE determines at least one of the index value of the uplink BWPallocated by the base station and the index value corresponding to thefrequency location difference according to the BWP resource indicationinformation carried in the uplink grant information, and determines atleast one of the central frequency location, the starting frequencylocation and the bandwidth of the BWP used for uplink transmission andallocated by the base station according to at least one of thedetermined index value of the uplink BWP and the index valuecorresponding to the frequency location difference allocated by the basestation and according to the acquired resource information of multipleavailable uplink BWPs; and/or,

the UE determines the indexes respectively corresponding to the twouplink BWPs according to the BWP resource indication information carriedin the uplink grant information, and determines at least one of thecentral frequency location of the BWP, the starting frequency locationand the bandwidth used for uplink transmission on the first time unitand the second time unit according to the determined indexesrespectively corresponding to the two uplink BWPs, the index valuecorresponding to the frequency location difference and the acquiredresource information of multiple available uplink BWPs.

Further, the way for determining the intra-BWP PRB resources allocatedby the base station according to the intra-BWP PRB resource indicationinformation includes:

determining, by the UE, the intra-BWP PRB resources allocated by thebase station through the RIV; and/or

determining, by the UE, the intra-BWP PRB resources allocated by thebase station through the number of the segments of multiple continuousuplink PRB resources allocated by the base station to the UE and the RIVrespectively corresponding to each segment; and/or

determining, by the UE, the intra-BWP PRB resources allocated by thebase station through bit-map information, wherein, the intra-BWP PRBresource indication information uses the RBG as the unit; and/or

determining, by the UE, the intra-BWP PRB resources allocated by thebase station through RBG set indication information and the bit-mapinformation, wherein, the intra-BWP PRB resource indication informationuses the RBG set as the unit; and/or

determining, by the UE, the intra-BWP PRB resources allocated by thebase station through RBG set resource allocation information and the bitgroup information, wherein, the intra-BWP PRB resource indicationinformation uses the PRB as the unit; and/or

determining, by the UE, the intra-BWP PRB resources allocated by thebase station through at least one of the number of segments of multiplecontinuous RBG resources, starting location information of each segmentof RBG and length information of each segment of RBG allocated by thebase station to the UE; and/or

determining, by the UE, the intra-BWP PRB resources allocated by thebase station through at least one of the number of segments of multiplecontinuous PRB resources, starting location information of each segmentof PRB and length information of each segment of PRB allocated by thebase station to the UE.

An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a method for uplinkresource allocation and a method for uplink transmission. Compared withthe prior art, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, a basestation allocates BWP resources and intra-BWP PRB resources to a UE, thebase station then transmits the BWP resource indication information andthe intra-BWP PRB resource indication information to the UE. The BWPresource indication information is used for indicating the BWP resourceallocated by the base station to the UE. The intra-BWP PRB resourceindication information is used for indicating the intra-BWP PRB resourceallocated by the base station, and then the UE receives the BWP resourceindication information and the intra-BWP PRB resource indicationinformation transmitted by the base station, and then determines the BWPresources and the intra-BWP PRB resources allocated by the base stationaccording to the BWP resource indication information and the intra-BWPPRB resource indication information so as to perform uplinktransmission, that is, a new method for uplink resource allocation isdesigned to be applied to BWP-based bandwidth division for future radiocommunication systems.

Embodiment 1

This embodiment of the present disclosure introduces a method for uplinkresource allocation by the base station to the UE. In this embodiment,the bandwidth used by the entire system uplink is divided into severalBWPs. Wherein, each of the BWPs can be continuous, partially contiguous,or discrete. If the entire bandwidth is divided into N uplink BWPs(wherein, N is a positive integer), the N BWPs are sequentially numberedand allocated indexes 0, 1, . . . , N−1. Wherein, the n^(th) BWPincludes L_(n) PRBs. The L_(n) PRBs are also sequentially numbered, andindexes 0, 1, . . . , L_(n)−1 are allocated.

The UE first detects a Physical Broadcast Channel (PBCH), acquiresresource information of one downlink BWP, further acquires RMSI of theBWP and reads all available BWP information in the RMSI, wherein, theinformation can include index numbers of all available uplink BWPs, acentral frequency location (or a frequency location difference between astarting frequency location and a frequency location of the BWP at aknown location, etc.) and a bandwidth of each uplink BWP, etc.

It should be noted that the above information can be explicit orimplicit; and there can be a pairing relation between the uplink BWP andthe downlink BWP, or there is no pairing relation.

When a subsequent base station transmits a Random Access Response (RAR)and when it is necessary to perform uplink scheduling using DownlinkControl Information (DCI), the transmitted UL Grant includes thefollowing information:

-   -   BWP resource indication information    -   intra-BWP PRB resource indication information    -   other information

Wherein, when there is no frequency hopping indication in the UL Grant,the BWP resource indication information indicates a certain BWP resourceused for UE uplink data transmission, and the intra-BWP PRB resourceindication information indicates the PRB resources within the uplink BWPfor UE uplink transmission; when there is a frequency hopping indicationin the UL Grant, the BWP resource indication information can includeboth frequency hopping indication information and BWP resourceinformation used for UE uplink data transmission. The intra-BWP PRBresource indication information can include both frequency hoppingindication information and activated uplink intra-BWP PRB resourceinformation used for transmission.

It should be noted that, the frequency hopping indication informationmay only be included in the BWP resource indication information, whichmay only be included in the intra-BWP PRB resource indicationinformation, or may be included in both of the above information; andthe frequency hopping indication information may only include theinter-BWP frequency hopping resource allocation, may only include theinter-BWP frequency hopping resource allocation within a same BWP, andmay include both the above allocations of the frequency hoppingresource.

Specifically, after the above information is converted into binary bits,the composition of the UL Grant may have the following differentarrangements from left to right:

(1) the BWP indication information is at the left of the intra-BWP PRBresource indication information, and the BWP indication information andthe intra-BWP PRB resource indication information are adjacent to eachother. The several specific possible cases are shown in FIG. 6.

(2) the BWP indication information is at the left of the intra-BWP PRBresource indication information, and the BWP indication information andthe intra-BWP PRB resource indication information are not adjacent toeach other. The several specific possible cases are shown in FIG. 7.

(3) the BWP indication information is at the right of the intra-BWP PRBresource indication information, and the BWP indication information andthe intra-BWP PRB resource indication information are adjacent to eachother. The several specific possible cases are shown in FIG. 8

(4) the BWP indication information is at the right of the intra-BWP PRBresource indication information, and the BWP indication information andthe intra-BWP PRB resource indication information are not adjacent toeach other. The several specific possible cases are shown in FIG. 9

It should be noted that, for different binary bit arrangements of the ULgrant, the MSB of the system may be at the left of the LSB and may alsobe at the right. The MSB and the LSB in FIG. 6 to FIG. 9 are exchanged,which is also a possible binary bit arrangement of the UL Grant in thisembodiment. In addition, it should be noted that, the foregoing BWPresource indication information and the intra-BWP PRB resourceindication information may be two independent indications, and may alsobe combined into the same indication.

When there is no frequency hopping indication information in the ULGrant, after receiving the UL Grant, the UE can acquire the allocationinformation of the uplink resources by the following steps:

11. Reading the BWP resource indication information in the UL Grant, andacquiring the allocated BWP used for uplink transmission resources basedon the indication information.

12. Reading the intra-BWP PRB resource indication information in the ULGrant, and acquiring the PRB resources occupied by the allocated uplinktransmission resources within the BWP based on the indicationinformation.

13. Acquiring the final PRB resource information used for uplinktransmission based on the BWP information used by the uplinktransmission resources acquired in step 11 and the PRB resourceinformation occupied by the uplink transmission resources acquired instep 12 within the BWP.

It should be noted that the above step 11 may be performed before step12, step 12 may also be performed before step 11, and steps 11 and 12may be performed simultaneously. It is not limited in the embodiment ofthe present disclosure.

When the UL Grant includes the frequency hopping indication information,after receiving the UL Grant, the UE may acquire the allocationinformation of the uplink resource by the following steps:

21. The UE reads the BWP resource indication information in the ULGrant, and if the BWP resource indication information does not includethe frequency hopping indication information, the UE acquires the BWPused by the allocated uplink transmission resources based on theindication information, or respectively acquires the BWP used for theuplink transmission resources in a first slot (or a symbol, a mini-slotand a subframe) and a second slot (or a symbol, a mini-slot and asubframe) based on inter-BWP frequency hopping resource allocationinformation, the BWP resource indication information and other possibleinformation (such as a cell identifier and a UE identifier) acquired instep 22; if the BWP resource indication information contains theinter-BWP frequency hopping resource allocation information, the UErespectively acquires the BWP used for uplink transmission resources ina first slot (or a symbol, a mini-slot and a subframe) and a second slot(or a symbol, a mini-slot and a subframe) based on the BWP resourceindication information, the part, which is not the frequency hoppingresource allocation information, of the BWP resource indicationinformation and other possible information (such as a cell identifierand a UE identifier, and the like); if it both contains the inter-BWPfrequency hopping resource allocation information and the intra-BWPinter-PRB frequency hopping resource allocation informationsimultaneously, the UE respectively acquires the BWP used for uplinktransmission resources in a first slot (or a symbol, a mini-slot and asubframe) and a second slot (or a symbol, a mini-slot and a subframe)based on the frequency hopping resources between the BWPs allocationinformation, the part, which is not the frequency hopping resourceallocation information, of BWP resource indication information and otherpossible information (such as a cell identifier and a UE identifier, andthe like).

22. Reading the intra-BWP PRB resource indication information in the ULGrant, and if there is no frequency hopping indication information,acquiring the PRB resource occupied by the allocated uplink transmissionresources within the BWP based on the indication information orrespectively acquiring the PRB resources occupied by the uplinktransmission resources allocated by the first slot (or a symbol, amini-slot and a subframe) and the second slot (or a symbol, a mini-slotand a subframe) within the BWP based on the intra-BWP inter-BWPfrequency hopping resource allocation information acquired in step 21,the intra-BWP PRB resource indication information and other possibleinformation (such as a cell identifier and a UE identifier, and thelike); if the intra-BWP PRB resource indication information contains theintra-BWP inter-BWP frequency hopping resource allocation information,the UE respectively acquires the PRB resource occupied by the uplinktransmission resources allocated by the first slot (or a symbol, amini-slot and a subframe) and the second slot (or a symbol, a mini-slotand a subframe) within the BWP based on the indication information, thepart, which is not the frequency resource allocation information, of theintra-BWP PRB resource indication information and other possibleinformation (such as a cell identifier and a UE identifier, and thelike); if the intra-BWP PRB resource indication information containsboth the intra-BWP frequency hopping resource allocation information andthe intra-BWP inter-BWP frequency hopping resource allocationinformation, the UE respectively acquires the PRB resource occupied bythe uplink transmission resource allocated by the first slot (or asymbol, a mini-slot and a subframe) and the second slot (or a symbol, amini-slot and a subframe) within the BWP based on the intra-BWPinter-BWP frequency hopping resource allocation information, the part,which is not the frequency resource allocation information, of theintra-BWP PRB resource indication information and other possibleinformation (such as a cell identifier and a UE identifier, and thelike).

23. Based on the BWP information used by the uplink transmissionresources acquired in step 21 and the possible frequency hopping betweenthe BWPS information and the intra-BWP PRB resource information occupiedby the uplink transmission resources acquired in step 22 and possibleintra-BWP inter-BWP frequency hopping information to respectivelyacquire the final PRB resources occupied by the uplink transmissionresources allocated in the first slot (or a symbol, a mini-slot and asubframe) and the second slot (or a symbol, a mini-slot and a subframe)within the BWP.

It should be noted that step 21 can be performed before step 22, andstep 22 can be performed before step 21, and steps 21 and 22 can beperformed simultaneously. It is not limited in the embodiment of thepresent disclosure.

Embodiment 2

This embodiment of the present disclosure introduces a method for uplinkresource allocation by the base station to the UE. Similar to Embodiment1, the bandwidth used by the entire system uplink is divided intoseveral BWPs. Wherein, each of the BWPs can be contiguous, partiallycontiguous, or discrete. If the entire bandwidth is divided into Nuplink BWPs (wherein, N is a positive integer), the N BWPs aresequentially numbered and to which indexes 0, 1, . . . , N−1 areallocated. Wherein, the n^(th) BWP includes L_(n) PRBs. The L_(n) PRBsare also sequentially numbered and to which indexes 0, 1, . . . ,L_(n)−1 are allocated.

The UE first detects the PBCH, acquires the resource information of onedownlink BWP, further acquires the RMSI of the BWP and reads theresource information of the uplink BWP in the RMSI. In this embodimentof the present disclosure, the RMSI includes only resource informationof one uplink BWP, and the information can include a central frequencylocation (or a frequency location difference between the startingfrequency location and a frequency location of the BWP at a knownlocation etc.) and a bandwidth of an uplink BWP, and the like.

It should be noted that the above information can be explicit orimplicit; and there can be a pairing relation between the uplink BWP andthe downlink BWP, or there is no pairing relation.

When a subsequent base station transmits an RAR and when it is necessaryto perform uplink scheduling using the DCI, the transmitted UL Grantincludes the following information:

-   -   intra-BWP PRB resource indication information    -   other information

Wherein, when there is no frequency hopping indication in the UL Grant,the intra-BWP PRB resource indication information indicates the PRBresources used by the UE used for uplink intra-BWP transmission; andwhen there is a frequency hopping indication in the UL Grant, theintra-BWP PRB resource indication information can include both thefrequency hopping indication information and the uplink intra-BWP PRBresource information used for transmission.

Specifically, after the above information is converted into binary bits,the possible specific composition of the UL Grant is shown in FIG. 10.

It should be noted that, for the different binary bit arrangements ofthe UL Grant in FIG. 10, the MSB of the system can be at the left of theLSB and may also be at the right. The MSB and the LSB in FIG. 10 areexchanged, which is also a possible binary bit arrangement of the ULGrant in this embodiment.

When there is no frequency hopping indication information in the ULGrant, after receiving the UL Grant, the UE can acquire the allocationinformation of the uplink resources by the following steps:

31. Reading the intra-BWP PRB resource indication information in the ULGrant.

32. Acquiring the PRB resources allocated for uplink transmission withinthe uplink BWP based on the indication information in step 31.

When the UL Grant includes the frequency hopping indication information,after receiving the UL Grant, the UE can acquire the allocationinformation of the uplink resources by the following steps:

41. Reading the intra-BWP inter-PRB frequency hopping resourceallocation information in the intra-BWP PRB resource indicationinformation in the UL Grant.

42. Reading the part, which is not the frequency hopping resourceallocation information, of the intra-BWP PRB resource indicationinformation in the intra-BWP PRB resource indication information in theUL Grant.

43. Acquiring the intra-BWP PRB resources used for uplink transmissionallocated in the first slot (or a symbol, a mini-slot and a subframe)and the second slot (or a symbol, a mini-slot and a subframe)respectively based on the information acquired in step 41, theinformation acquired in step 42 and other possible information (such asa cell identifier and a UE identifier, and the like).

It should be noted that step 41 can be performed before step 42, andstep 42 can be performed before step 41, and steps 41 and 42 can beperformed simultaneously. It is not limited in the embodiment of thepresent disclosure.

Embodiment 3

This embodiment of the present disclosure introduces a method for uplinkresource allocation by the base station to the UE. In this embodiment,the bandwidth used by the entire system uplink is divided into severalBWPs. Wherein, each of the BWPs can be contiguous, partially contiguous,or discrete. If the entire bandwidth is divided into N uplink BWPs(wherein, N is a positive integer), the N BWPs are sequentially numberedand to which indexes 0, 1, . . . , N−1 are allocated. The n^(th) BWPincludes L_(n) PRBs. The L_(n) PRBs are also sequentially numbered andto which indexes 0, 1, . . . , L_(n)−1 are allocated.

The UE first detects the PBCH, acquires the resource information of onedownlink BWP, further acquires the RMSI of the BWP and reads allavailable BWP information in the RMSI. The information can include indexnumbers of all available uplink BWPs, a central frequency location (or afrequency location different between a starting frequency location and afrequency location of the BWP at a known location, etc.) and a bandwidthof each uplink BWP, and the like.

It should be noted that the above information can be explicit orimplicit; and there can be a pairing relation between the uplink BWP andthe downlink BWP, or there is no pairing relation.

When a subsequent base station transmits an RAR and when it is necessaryto perform uplink scheduling using the DCI, the transmitted UL Grantincludes the following information:

-   -   BWP resource indication information    -   PRB resource within BWP indication information    -   time domain resource indication information    -   other information

Wherein, the time domain resource indication information indicates astarting location in time domain for the uplink data transmission of theUE (e.g. starting after K symbols/mini-slots/slots/sub-frames after thestart of the downlink data transmission, wherein, K is a positiveinteger) and the number of the symbols, mini-slots or slots L used inone mini-slot/slot/subframe by the uplink data transmission. When thereis no frequency hopping indication in the UL Grant, the BWP resourceindication information indicates a certain BWP resources used for UEuplink data transmission, and the intra-BWP PRB resource indicationinformation indicates the indicated uplink intra-BWP PRB resources usedfor transmission; when there is a frequency hopping indication in the ULGrant, the BWP resource indication information can include both thefrequency hopping indication information and the BWP resourceinformation used for UE uplink data transmission. The indicationinformation of the intra-BWP PRB resources can include both thefrequency hopping indication information and the activated uplinkintra-BWP PRB resource information used for transmission.

It should be noted that, the frequency hopping indication informationmay only be included in the BWP resource indication information, or mayonly be included in the intra-BWP PRB resource indication information,or may be included in both the above information; and the frequencyhopping indication information may only include the allocation of theintra-BWP frequency hopping resources, or may only include the frequencyhopping resource allocation between the PRB within a same BWP, or mayinclude both the above two allocations of the frequency hoppingresources.

Specifically, after the above information is converted into binary bits,the composition of the UL Grant may have the following differentarrangements from left to right:

(1) The time domain indication information is at the left of thefrequency domain indication information (the BWP indication informationis adjacent to the PRB within the BWP indication information), and thetwo are adjacent to each other. The specific possible cases are shown inFIG. 11 and FIG. 12.

(2) The time domain indication information is at the right of thefrequency domain indication information (the BWP indication informationis adjacent to the intra-BWP PRB indication information), and the twoare adjacent to each other. The specific possible cases are shown inFIG. 13 and FIG. 14.

It should be noted that, for different binary bit arrangements of theabove UL Grant, the MSB of the system may be at the left of the LSB, andmay also be at the right. The MSB and the LSB in FIG. 11 to FIG. 14 areexchanged, which is also a possible binary bit arrangement of the ULGrant in this embodiment. In addition, it should be noted that, theforegoing BWP resource indication information and the intra-BWP PRBresource indication information can be two independent indications, andmay also be combined into the same indication.

When there is no frequency hopping indication information in the ULGrant, after receiving the UL Grant, the UE can acquire the allocationinformation of the uplink resources by the following steps:

51: Reading the time domain resource indication information in the ULGrant, and acquiring the allocated uplink transmission time domainresources based on the indication information.

52: Reading the BWP resource indication information in the UL Grant, andacquiring the BWP used by the allocated uplink transmission resourcesbased on the indication information.

53: Reading the intra-BWP PRB resource indication information in the ULGrant, and acquiring the PRB resource occupied by the allocated uplinktransmission resources within the BWP based on the indicationinformation.

54: Acquiring the final resource information used for uplinktransmission based on the uplink transmission time domain resources instep 51, the BWP information used by the uplink transmission resourcesacquired in step 52 and the PRB resource information occupied by theuplink transmission resources within the BWP acquired in step 53.

It should be noted that the above step 51, step 52, and step 53 can beperformed in any order, or any two or three of the above steps can beperformed simultaneously. It is not limited in the embodiment of thepresent disclosure.

When the UL Grant includes the frequency hopping indication information,after receiving the UL Grant, the UE can acquire the allocationinformation of the uplink resources by the following steps:

61: Reading the time domain resource indication information in the ULGrant, and acquiring the allocated uplink transmission time domainresources based on the indication information.

62. The UE reads the BWP resource indication information in the ULGrant, and if the BWP resource indication information does not containthe frequency hopping indication information, the UE acquires the BWPused by the allocated uplink transmission resources based on theindication information, or respectively acquires the BWP used for uplinktransmission resources in a first slot (or a symbol, a mini-slot and asubframe) and a second slot (or a symbol, a mini-slot and a subframe)based on inter-BWP frequency hopping resource allocation informationacquired in step 22, the part, which is not the frequency hoppingresource allocation information, of the BWP resource indicationinformation and other possible information (such as a cell identifierand a UE identifier, and the like); if the BWP resource indicationinformation contains the inter-BWP frequency hopping resource allocationinformation, the UE respectively acquires the BWP used by the uplinktransmission resources in a first slot (or a symbol, a mini-slot and asubframe) and a second slot (or a symbol, a mini-slot and a subframe)based on the BWP resource indication information, the part, which is notthe frequency hopping resource allocation information, of the BWPresource indication information and other possible information (such asa cell identifier and a UE identifier, and the like); if the BWPresource indication information contains both the inter-BWP frequencyhopping resource allocation information and the intra-BWP inter-PRBfrequency hopping resource allocation information, the UE respectivelyacquires the BWP used by the uplink transmission resources in a firstslot (or a symbol, a mini-slot and a subframe) and a second slot (or asymbol, a mini-slot and a subframe) based on the inter-BWP frequencyhopping resource allocation information and the part, which is not thefrequency hopping resource allocation information, of BWP resourceindication information and other possible information (such as a cellidentifier and a UE identifier, and the like).

63. Reading the intra-BWP PRB resource indication information in the ULGrant, if there is no frequency hopping indication information,acquiring the BWP resources occupied within the BWP by the allocateduplink transmission resources based on the indication information, orrespectively acquiring the PRB resources occupied within the BWP by theallocated uplink transmission resources in a first slot (or a symbol, amini-slot and a subframe) and a second slot (or a symbol, a mini-slotand a subframe) based on the intra-BWP inter-PRB frequency hoppingresource allocation information acquired in step 21, the part, which isnot the frequency hopping resource information, of the intra-BWP PRBresource indication information and other possible information (such asa cell identifier and a UE identifier, and the like); if it contains theintra-BWP inter-PRB frequency hopping resource allocation information,respectively acquiring the PRB resources occupied by the allocateduplink transmission resources within the BWP in a first slot (or asymbol, a mini-slot and a subframe) and a second slot (or a symbol, amini-slot and a subframe) based on the indication information and thepart, which is not the frequency hopping resource information, of theintra-BWP PRB resource indication information and other possibleinformation (such as a cell identifier and a UE identifier, and thelike); if the intra-BWP PRB resource indication information containsboth the inter-BWP frequency hopping resource allocation information andthe intra-BWP inter-PRB frequency hopping resource indicationinformation, acquiring the PRB resources occupied within the BWP by theallocated uplink transmission resources in a first slot (or a symbol, amini-slot and a subframe) and a second slot (or a symbol, a mini-slotand a subframe) based on the intra-BWP frequency hopping resourceallocation information, the part, which is not the frequency hoppingresource allocation information, of intra-BWP PRB resource indicationinformation and other possible information (such as a cell identifierand a UE identifier, and the like).

64. Acquiring the final uplink transmission resources in a first slot(or a symbol, a mini-slot and a subframe) and a second slot (or asymbol, a mini-slot and a subframe) respectively, based on the uplinktransmission time domain resources acquired in step 61, the BWPinformation used by the uplink transmission resources and possibleintra-BWP frequency hopping information acquired in step 62, the PRBresource information occupied within the BWP by the uplink transmissionresources and the possible intra-BWP inter-PRB frequency hoppinginformation acquired in step 63.

It should be noted that the above steps 61, 62, and 63 can be performedin any order, any two or three of the above steps can be performedsimultaneously. It is not limited in the embodiment of the presentdisclosure.

Embodiment 4

This embodiment of the present disclosure introduces a method for uplinkresource allocation by the base station to the UE. Similar to Embodiment1, the bandwidth used by the entire system uplink is divided intoseveral BWPs. Each of the BWPs can be contiguous, partially contiguous,or discrete. If the entire bandwidth is divided into N uplink BWPs(wherein, N is a positive integer), the N BWPs are sequentially numberedand to which indexes 0, 1, . . . , N−1 are allocated. Wherein, then^(th) BWP includes L_(n) PRBs. The L_(n) PRBs are also sequentiallynumbered and to which indexes 0, 1, . . . , L_(n)−1 are allocated.

The UE first detects the PBCH, acquires the resource information of onedownlink BWP, further acquires the RMSI of the BWP and reads theresource information of the uplink BWP in the RMSI. In this embodimentof the present disclosure, the RMSI includes only the resourceinformation of one uplink BWP, and the information can include a centralfrequency location (or a frequency location different between a startingfrequency location and a frequency location of the BWP at a knownlocation, etc.) and a bandwidth of an uplink BWP, and the like.

It should be noted that the above information can be explicit orimplicit; and there can be a pairing relation between the uplink BWP andthe downlink BWP, or there is no pairing relation.

When a subsequent base station transmits an RAR and when it is necessaryto perform uplink scheduling using the DCI, the transmitted UL Grantincludes the following information:

-   -   intra-BWP PRB resource indication information    -   time domain resource indication information    -   other information

Wherein, the time domain resource indication information indicates astarting location in time domain for the uplink data transmission of theUE (e.g. starting after K symbols/mini-slots/slots/sub-frames after thestart of the downlink data transmission, wherein, K is a positiveinteger) and the number of the symbols, mini-slots or slots L used inone mini-slot/slot/subframe by the uplink data transmission. When thereis no frequency hopping indication in the UL Grant, the intra-BWP PRBresource indication information indicates the UE the PRB resources usedfor transmission within the uplink BWP, and when there is a frequencyhopping indication in the UL Grant, the indication information of theintra-BWP PRB resources can include both the frequency hoppingindication information and the PRB resource information used fortransmission within the uplink BWP.

Specifically, after the above information is converted into binary bits,the composition of the UL Grant can have the following differentarrangements from left to right:

(1) The time domain indication information is at the left of theintra-BWP PRB indication information, and the time domain indicationinformation and the intra-BWP PRB indication information are adjacent toeach other. The specific possible case is shown in FIG. 15.

(2) The time domain indication information is at the right of theintra-BWP PRB indication information, and the time domain indicationinformation and the intra-BWP PRB indication information are adjacent toeach other. The specific possible case is shown in FIG. 16.

It should be noted that, for different binary bit arrangements of theabove UL Grant, the MSB of the system may be at the left of the LSB, andmay also be at the right. The MSB and the LSB in FIG. 15 to FIG. 16 areexchanged, which is also a possible binary bit arrangement of the ULGrant in this embodiment.

When there is no frequency hopping indication information in the ULGrant, after receiving the UL Grant, the UE can acquire the allocationinformation of the uplink resources by the following steps:

Step 71: Reading the time domain resource indication information in theUL Grant, and acquiring the allocated uplink transmission time domainresources based on the indication information.

Step 72: Reading the intra-BWP PRB resource indication information inthe UL Grant.

Step 73: Acquiring the final resource information for uplinktransmission based on the uplink transmission time domain resourcesacquired in step 71 and the intra-BWP PRB resource information occupiedby the uplink transmission resources in step 72.

It should be noted that above step 71 can be performed before step 72,step 72 can be performed before step 71, and steps 71 and 72 can beperformed simultaneously. It is not limited in the embodiment of thepresent disclosure.

When the UL Grant contains the frequency hopping indication information,after receiving the UL Grant, the UE can acquire the allocationinformation of the uplink resources by the following steps:

Step 81: Reading the time domain resource indication information in theUL Grant, and acquiring the allocated uplink transmission time domainresources based on the indication information.

Step 82: Reading the intra-BWP inter-PRB frequency hopping resourceallocation information in the intra-BWP PRB resource indicationinformation in the UL Grant.

Step 83: Reading the part, which is not the frequency hopping resourceallocation information, of the intra-BWP PRB resource indicationinformation in the intra-BWP PRB resource indication information in theUL Grant.

Step 84: Acquiring the resources used for uplink transmission allocatedwithin the uplink BWP in a first slot (or a symbol, a mini-slot and asubframe) and a second slot (or a symbol, a mini-slot and a subframe)respectively based on the uplink transmission time domain resourcesacquired in step 71, the information acquired in step 82, theinformation acquired in step 43 and other possible information (such asa cell identifier and a UE identifier, and the like).

It should be noted that the above step 81, step 82, and step 83 can beperformed in any order, any two or three of the above steps can beperformed simultaneously. It is not limited in the embodiment of thepresent disclosure.

Embodiment 5

On the basis of the method for uplink resource allocation by the basestation to the UE introduced in Embodiment 1, Embodiment 2, Embodiment 3and Embodiment 4, this embodiment of the present disclosure introduces amethod for generating the BWP resource indication information and theintra-BWP PRB resource indication information in the UL Granttransmitted by the base station, and a method for detecting theindication information by the UE. In this embodiment of the presentdisclosure, the bandwidth used by the entire system uplink is dividedinto several BWPs. Wherein, each of the BWPs can be contiguous,partially contiguous, or discrete.

After the UE reads the RMSI, the ways that the UE specifically indicatesthe BWP resource information and the UE detects the BWP resourceinformation can includes the following different types:

Type 1: After reading the RMSI, the UE acquires information about Navailable uplink BWPs (wherein, N is a positive integer and N≥2), andincludes a frequency difference between the central frequency locationof each BWP and a frequency location of a BWP at a known frequencylocation or a frequency difference between the starting frequencylocation and the frequency location of a BWP at a known frequencylocation. The indexes of N uplink BWPs are 0, 1, . . . , N−1 in order;the bandwidth of the n^(th) (0≤n≤N−1) BWP is L_(n) PRBs, and the indexesof the L_(n) PRBs are 0, 1, . . . , L_(n)−1.

The base station uses ┌log₂ N┐ bits of binary information to representthe allocated BWP resources. Wherein, the ┌log₂ N┐ bits of binaryinformation and the BWP with an index n (1≤n≤N−1) have the followingmapping relation: for any BWP with an index n, it corresponds to a pieceof binary information having a non-repetitive length ┌log₂ N┐ bit. Apossible mapping relation is that: for a decimal index n, it isconverted to a binary number having a length of ┌log₂ N┐ (the number ofinsufficient digits complements zero), using the converted binary numberas its corresponding BWP resource allocation information in accordancewith the order of arranging the MSB at the left and the LSB at the rightor the order of arranging the LSB at the left and the MSB at the right.

The base station does not indicate the frequency hopping resourceallocation information. The base station allocates an uplink BWP with anindex n (1≤n≤N−1) to a certain UE, obtains the binary informationcorresponding to the BWP according to the above mapping relationship,and uses the binary information as the BWP resource allocationinformation, and transmits in the UL grant.

After receiving the BWP resource allocation information in the UL Grant,the UE obtains the index of the uplink BWP based on the foregoingmapping relationship. Based on the index of the uplink BWP and the readRMSI BWP information, the BWP central frequency location (or thestarting frequency location) and the bandwidth allocated by uplinktransmission are acquired.

Type 2: After reading the RMSI, the UE acquires the bandwidthinformation of the uplink BWP. The base station uses the frequencydifference between the starting frequency location of the BWP and thefrequency location of the BWP at a known location or he frequencydifference between the central frequency location of the BWP and thefrequency location of the BWP at a known location to represent thefrequency location of the uplink BWP. Assuming there are M possiblefrequency differences and indexes of the frequency differences arerespectively 0, 1, . . . , M−1, the base station uses ┌log₂ M┐ bits ofbinary information to represent the allocated BWP resources. The ┌log₂N┐ bits of binary information and the BWP with a frequency differenceindex m (1≤m≤N−1) have the following mapping relation: for any BWP withthe difference index m, it corresponds to a piece of binary informationhaving a non-repetitive length of ┌log₂ N┐ bits. A possible mappingrelationship is that: sorting the possible frequency differences inascending order or descending order, and allocating the differenceindexes 0, 1, . . . , M−1 in order, and converting the decimal indexesto the binary numbers, and using the converted binary numbers as thecorresponding BWP resource allocation information.

The base station does not indicate the frequency hopping resourceallocation information. The base station allocates an uplink BWP with adifference index m (1≤m≤M−1) to a certain UE, obtains binary informationcorresponding to a frequency difference between the BWP and the BWP at aknown location according to the foregoing mapping relationship, usesthis binary information as the BWP resource allocation information, andtransmits in the UL Grant.

After receiving the BWP resource allocation information in the UL Grant,the UE obtains the index of the frequency difference between the uplinkBWP and the BWP at a known location based on the foregoing mappingrelationship. The BWP central frequency location and the bandwidthallocated by the uplink transmission are acquired based on this index,the frequency location of a known BWP and the uplink BWP bandwidthinformation acquired by reading the RMSI.

Type 3: On the basis of type 1, the base station indicates the inter-BWPfrequency hopping resource allocation information. Similarly, afterreading the RMSI, the UE acquires information about N available uplinkBWPs (wherein, N is a positive integer and N≥2), and includes afrequency difference between the central frequency location of each BWPand a frequency location of a BWP at a known frequency location or afrequency difference between the starting frequency location and thefrequency location of a BWP at a known frequency location. The indexesof the N uplink BWPs are 0, 1, . . . , N−1 in order, and for any BWPwith an index of n, there is a piece of binary information with anon-repetitive length of ┌log₂ N┐ bits corresponding thereto.

The base station allocates two uplink BWPs (1≤n≤N−1) with indexes n₁ andn₂ to a certain UE, which respectively indicating the UE the BWPresource allocation in the first slot (or a symbol, a mini-slot or asubframe) and in the second slot (or a symbol, a mini-slot, or asubframe). According to the above mapping relationship, the base stationrespectively obtains the binary information corresponding to the twoBWPs, uses the two pieces of binary information as the BWP resourceallocation information, and transmits in the UL Grant.

After receiving the BWP resource allocation information in the UL Grant,the UE respectively obtains indexes of two uplink BWPs based on theforegoing mapping relationship. Based on the indexes and the informationacquired by reading the RMSI, the BWP central frequency location (or thestarting frequency location) and the bandwidth allocated by the uplinktransmission in the first slot (or a symbol, a mini-slot or a subframe)and in the second slot (or a symbol, a mini-slot, or a subframe) arerespectively acquired.

Type 4: On the basis of Type 2, the base station indicates the frequencyhopping resources between the BWP allocation information. Similarly,after reading the RMSI, the UE obtains the bandwidth information of theuplink BWP. For the starting frequency location or central frequencylocation of a certain BWP at a known frequency location, the basestation uses the frequency difference between the starting frequencylocation of the BWP and the frequency location of the BWP at a knownlocation or the frequency difference between the central frequencylocation of the BWP and the frequency location of the BWP at a knownlocation. Assuming there are M possible frequency differences, and theindexes of the frequency difference are respectively 0, 1, . . . , M−1,then the base station uses ┌log₂ M┐ bits of binary information torepresent the allocated BWP resource. The ┌log₂ M┐ bits of binaryinformation and the BWP with the frequency difference index m (1≤m≤M−1)has the following mapping relationship: for any BWP with the differenceindex m, it corresponds to a piece of binary information having annon-repetitive length of ┌log₂ N┐ bits.

The base station allocates two uplink BWPs with indexes m₁ and m₂(1≤m≤M−1) to a certain UE respectively to indicate the UE the BWPresource allocation in the first time slot (or a symbol, a mini-slot, asubframe) and in the second time slot (or a symbol, a mini-slot, asubframe). According to the above mapping relationship, the base stationrespectively obtains the two pieces of binary information correspondingto the frequency differences between the two BWPs and the BWP at a knownlocation, and uses the two pieces of binary information as the BWPresource allocation information, and transmits in the UL Grant.

After receiving the BWP resource allocation information in the UL Grant,the UE respectively obtains the indexes of the frequency differencesbetween the two uplink BWPs and the BWP at a known location based on theforegoing mapping relationship. Based on the indexes and the uplink BWPbandwidth information acquired by reading the RMSI, the BWP centralfrequency location (or the starting frequency location) and thebandwidth allocated by the uplink transmission in the first slot (or asymbol, a mini-slot or a subframe) and in the second slot (or a symbol,a mini-slot, or a subframe) are respectively acquired.

On the other hand, for a certain BWP, the way that the UE specificallyindicates the intra-BWP PRB resource information and the UE detects theintra-BWP PRB resource information has the following different cases:

Type 1: The bandwidth of the BWP where the uplink resources allocated bythe base station to the UE is L_(UL) PRBs, and indexes of the L_(UL)PRBs are 0, 1, . . . , L_(UL)−1 in order. The base station useslog₂┌L_(UL)(L_(UL)+1)/2┐ bits of information to indicate an uplinkresource allocation with a starting PRB index location of RB_(START) anda length of L_(CRBs) PRBs. In this case, the RIV can be calculated bythe following formula:

${RIV} = \left\{ \begin{matrix}{{L_{UL}\left( {L_{CRBs} - 1} \right)} + {RB}_{START}} & {{L_{CRBs} - 1} \leq {L_{UL}/2}} \\{{L_{UL}\left( {L_{UL} - L_{CRBs} - 1} \right)} + \left( {L_{UL} - 1 - {RB}_{START}} \right)} & {{L_{CRBs} - 1} > {L_{UL}/2}}\end{matrix} \right.$

When the base station does not indicate the intra-BWP inter-PRBfrequency hopping resource allocation information, the base stationallocates a certain UE an uplink resource allocation with a starting PRBindex of RB_(START) and a length of L_(CRBs) PRBs, and then converts thecalculated decimal RIV into the a binary number having a length oflog₂┌L_(UL)(L_(UL)+1)/2┐ (the number of insufficient digits complementszero), uses the converted binary number as the BWP resources within theBWP allocation information in accordance with the order of arranging theMSB at the left and the LSB at the right or the order of arranging theLSB at the left and the MSB at the right, and transmits in the UL Grant.

After receiving the intra-BWP PRB resource allocation information in theUL Grant, the UE converts the binary information into decimalinformation to obtain the RIV information, and then obtains the valuesof RB_(START) and L_(CRBs) by the following formula to obtain the PRBinformation allocated by the uplink transmission within the BWP:

a=└RIV/L _(UL) ┘,b=RIV mod L _(UL)

if a+b>L _(UL) ,RB _(START) =L _(UL)−1−b and L _(CRBs) =L _(UL)+2−a;

and if a+b≤L _(UL) ,RB _(START) =b and L _(CRBs) =a.

If the base station indicates the intra-BWP inter-PRB frequency hoppingresource allocation information, the intra-BWP PRB resource allocationinformation includes both the frequency hopping resource allocationinformation and normal PRB resource allocation information. When a basestation allocates PRB resources, the base station calculates the RIVbased on the normal PRB resource allocation information according to theforegoing method. After receiving the intra-BWP inter-PRB resourceindication information, the UE can obtain the normal PRB resourceallocation information from the RIV according to the foregoing method.The PRB resource occupied within the BWP by the allocated uplinktransmission resources in a first slot (or a symbol, a mini-slot and asubframe) and a second slot (or a symbol, a mini-slot and a subframe) isacquired respectively based on the frequency hopping resource allocationinformation, the normal PRB resource allocation information and otherpossible information (such as a cell identifier and a UE identifier, andthe like).

It should be noted that, the length of the intra-BWP PRB resourceallocation information can be indicated by a variable related to abandwidth of the PRB, or can be a fixed value. When the length of theinformation is a fixed value, if the number of bits which is necessaryto actually calculate the intra-BWP PRB resource allocation informationis less than the fixed value, the MSB or the LSB can be supplemented to0, and the UE removes these supplements and performs the detection; ifthe number of bits which is necessary to actually calculate theintra-BWP PRB resource allocation information is greater than the fixedvalue, the MSB or the LSB can be cut off for an equal length, and the UEcan complement several 0 or 1 to perform detection.

Type 2: The bandwidth of the BWP where the uplink resources are locatedallocated by the base station to the UE is L_(UL) PRBs, and indexes ofthe L_(UL) PRBs are 0, 1, . . . , L_(UL)−1 in order. The base stationuses log₂ ┌L_(UL)(L_(UL)+1)/2┐ bits of information to indicate an uplinkresource allocation with a starting PRB index location of RB_(START) anda length of L_(CRBs) PRBs. In this case, the RIV can be calculated bythe following formula:

${RIV} = \left\{ \begin{matrix}{{L_{UL}\left( {L_{CRBs} - 1} \right)} + {RB}_{START}} & {{L_{CRBs} - 1} \leq {L_{UL}/2}} \\{{L_{UL}\left( {L_{UL} - L_{CRBs} - 1} \right)} + \left( {L_{UL} - 1 - {RB}_{START}} \right)} & {{L_{CRBs} - 1} > {L_{UL}/2}}\end{matrix} \right.$

When the base station does not indicate the intra-BWP inter-PRBfrequency hopping resource allocation information, the base stationallocates Q continuous uplink PRB resources to a certain UE, wherein, Qis a positive integer and indexes 0, 1, . . . , Q−1 are allocated toeach uplink PRB resource. The starting PRB index location of the q^(th)uplink transmission resource (0≤q≤Q−1) is RB_(START) and the length isL_(CRBs) ^(q) PRBs. For each uplink transmission resource, the RIV valueRIV^(q) (0≤q≤Q−1) corresponding to the resource is calculated accordingto the above relationship in turn, and each calculated RIV decimal valueis converted into a fixed-length binary number (the length is ┌log₂L_(UL)(L_(UL)+1)/2┐, and the insufficient number of bits arecomplemented with zero). The base station transmits the converted RIVvalue of each resource and the possible number of uplink PRB resources Qwhich is considered as the intra-BWP PRB resource allocation informationin the UL Grant.

Specifically, after the above information is converted into binary bits,a possible specific composition of the intra-BWP PRB resource allocationinformation in the UL Grant is shown in FIG. 17.

It should be noted that, for the binary bit arrangement with differentintra-BWP PRB resource allocation information in the UL Grant, the MSBof the system may be at the left of the LSB and may also be at theright. The MSBs and the LSBs in FIG. 17 are exchanged, which is also apossible binary bit arrangement of the intra-BWP PRB resource allocationinformation in the UL Grant in this embodiment.

After receiving the intra-BWP PRB resource allocation information in theUL Grant, the UE converts the binary information into the decimalinformation to obtain the number Q of uplink transmission resources andeach RIV information, and then obtains the value of each RB_(START) ^(q)and L_(CRBs) ^(q), and acquires each PRB resource information (0≤q≤Q−1)allocated by uplink transmission within BWP:

a ^(q) =└RIV ^(q) /L _(UL) ┘,b ^(q) =RIV ^(q) mod L _(UL)

if a ^(q) +b ^(q) >L _(UL) ,RB _(START) ^(q) =L _(UL)−1−b ^(q) and L_(CRBs) ^(q) =L _(UL)+2−a ^(q);

if a^(q)+b^(q)≤L_(UL), RB_(START)=b^(q) and L_(CRBs) ^(q)=a^(q). If thebase station indicates the intra-BWP inter-PRB frequency hoppingresource allocation information, the intra-BWP PRB resource allocationinformation contains both the frequency hopping resource allocationinformation and the normal PRB resource allocation information. When abase station allocates PRB resources, each value of the RIV can becalculated based on the normal PRB resource allocation informationaccording to the foregoing method. After receiving the resources betweenthe PRB within the BWP indication information, the UE can obtain thenormal PRB resource allocation information from the number of the uplinktransmission resources and each RIV according to the foregoing method.Each segment of PRB resources occupied within the BWP by the uplinktransmission resources allocated in the first slot (or a symbol, amin-slot, a subframe) and in the second slot (or a symbol, a min-slot, asubframe) are respectively acquired based on the frequency hoppingallocation resource information, the normal PRB resource allocationinformation and other possible information (such as a cell identifierand a UE identifier, and the like).

It should be noted that, the length of the intra-BWP PRB resourceallocation information can be indicated by a variable related to abandwidth of the PRB, or can be a fixed value. When the length of theinformation is a fixed value, if the number of bits which is necessaryto actually calculate the intra-BWP PRB resource allocation informationis less than the fixed value, the MSB or the LSB at each RIV can besupplemented to 0, and the UE removes these supplements and performs thedetection; if the number of bits which is necessary to actuallycalculate the intra-BWP PRB resource allocation information is greaterthan the fixed value, the MSB or the LSB at each RIV can be cut off foran equal length, and the UE cam complement several 0 or 1 to perform thedetection.

Type 3: The bandwidth of the BWP, where the uplink resources arelocated, allocated by the base station to the UE is L_(UL) PRBs, andindexes of the L_(UL) PRBs are 0, 1, . . . , L_(UL)−1 in order.According to the size of the bandwidth of the BWP, the system defines aconcept of RBG, wherein, each RBG consists of a fixed number of P PRBs(the number of PRBs in the RBG at the edge of the BWP may be less thanP), wherein, P is a positive integer. The base station uses Q=┌L_(UL)/P┐bits of bit-map information to indicate the intra-BWP PRB uplinkresource allocation and the base station allocates the uplinktransmission resources in units of RBGs.

Specifically, indexes 0, 1, . . . , Q−1 are sequentially added to the QRBGs within the BWP and the bit group b=[b₀, . . . , b_(Q-1)] isdefined. The number of the elements in this bit set is the same as thenumber of the divided RBGs. The value of the element b_(i) in this bitset is 0 or 1, which represents whether to allocate the i^(th) RBG,wherein, 0 represents no allocation and 1 represents allocation.

The base station allocates one or more RBG resources to a certain UE,the UE generates a corresponding bit group using the foregoing way andaccording to whether to allocate a certain RBG within the BWP. Thegenerated bit set using as the intra-BWP PRB resource allocationinformation is transmitted in the UL Grant.

After receiving the intra-BWP PRB resource allocation information in theUL Grant, the UE obtains one or more pieces of intra-BWP RBG informationallocated for uplink transmission according to a location with a valueof 1 in the information. If multiple RBG resources are allocated,different RBGs can be continuous or discrete.

It should be noted that, the length of the intra-BWP PRB resourceallocation information can be a variable related to the bandwidth of theBWP, or can be a fixed value.

Type 4: The bandwidth of the BWP, where the uplink resources arelocated, allocated by the base station to the UE is L_(UL) PRBs, andindexes of the L_(UL) PRBs are 0, 1, . . . , L_(UL)−1 in order.According to the size of the bandwidth of the BWP, the system defines aconcept of the RBG, wherein, each RBG consists of a fixed number of P₁PRBs (the number of the PRBs in the RBG at the edge of the BWP may beless than P₁), wherein, P₁ is a positive integer. On the basis of┌L_(UL)/P₁┐ PRBS, the system further defines P₂ RBG sets, wherein, thenumber of the RBGs of each RBG set is [┌L_(UL)/P₁]/P₂┐ or┌┌L_(UL)/P₁┐/P₂┐−1. P₂ RBG sets are sequentially allocated indexes 0, 1,. . . , P₂−1. The base station indicates the intra-BWP PRB uplinkresource allocation to allocate uplink transmission resources in unitsof RBG in a way of combining the RBG set indication and the bit-mapinformation.

Specifically, for P₂ RBG sets, the information of the RBG set isindicated by the information of ┌log₂ P₂┐ bits. Wherein, the RBG setwith index p (0≤p≤P₂−1) and the ┌log₂ P₂┐ bits of binary information hasthe following mapping relationship: for any RBG set, it corresponds to apiece of binary information having a non-repetitive length of ┌log₂ P₂┐bits. Assuming that the number of RBGs within the RBG set with an indexp is Q_(p) (0≤p≤P₂−1), and indexes 0, 1, . . . , Q_(p)−1 are added toQ_(p) RBGs within the RBG set and a bit set b=[b₀, . . . , b_(Q) _(p)⁻¹] is defined. The number of elements in the bit set is the same as thenumber of RBGs in the RBG set. The value of the element b_(i)(0≤i≤Q_(p)−1) in the bit set is 0 or 1, representing whether to allocatethe i^(th) RBG, wherein, 0 represents no allocation and 1 representsallocation.

The base station allocates one or more RBG resources within a RBG set toa certain UE. In the above way, the base station first indicates the RBGset resource allocation information, and then generates a correspondingbit set according to whether to allocate a certain RBG within the RBGset, both of the above steps are included in the intra-BWP PRB resourceallocation information to be transmitted in the UL Grant. It should benoted that, the intra-BWP PRB resource allocation information may alsoinclude a fixed bit of RBG offset indication.

Specifically, after the above information is converted into binary bits,a possible specific composition of the intra-BWP PRB resource allocationinformation in the UL Grant is shown in FIG. 18.

It should be noted that, for the binary bit arrangement with differentintra-BWP PRB resource allocation information in the UL Grant, the MSBof the system may be at the left of the LSB and may also be at theright. The MSB and the LSB in FIG. 18 can be exchanged, which is also apossible binary bit arrangement of the intra-BWP PRB resource allocationinformation in the UL Grant in this embodiment.

After receiving the intra-BWP PRB resource allocation information in theUL Grant, the UE acquires the RBG set resource allocation informationaccording to the RBG set index information therein, and allocates thelocation with the value 1 in the bit-map information according to theRBG resource, acquires one or more RBG resource information allocatedwithin the RBG set. If multiple RBG resources are allocated, differentRBG can be continuous or discrete.

It should be noted that, the length of the intra-BWP PRB resourceallocation information can be indicated through a variable related tothe bandwidth of the BWP, or can be a fixed value.

Type 5: The bandwidth of the BWP, where the uplink resources arelocated, allocated by the base station to the UE is L_(UL) PRBs, andindexes of the L_(UL) PRBs are 0, 1, . . . , L_(UL)−1 in order.According to the size of the bandwidth of the BWP, the system defines aconcept of RBG, wherein, each RBG consists of a fixed number of P₁ PRBs(the number of PRBs in the RBG at the edge of the BWP may be less thanP₁), wherein, P₁ is a positive integer. On the basis of P₁ RBGs, thesystem further defines P₂ RBG sets. Indexes 0, 1, . . . , P₂−1 aresequentially allocated for the P₂ RBG sets. The base station indicatesthe PRB uplink resource allocation within the BWP in a way of combiningthe RBG set indication with the bit-map information and allocates theuplink transmission resources in units of PRB.

Specifically, for P₂ RBG sets, the information of the RBG set isindicated by ┌log₂ P₂┐ bits information. Wherein, the RBG set with indexp (0≤p≤P₂−1) and the ┌log₂ P₂┐ bits of binary information has thefollowing mapping relationship: for any RBG set, it corresponds to apiece of binary information having an non-repetitive length ┌log₂ P₂┐bit.

Assuming that the number of PRBs within an RBG set with an index p isQ_(p) (0≤p≤P₂−1), indexes 0, 1, . . . , Q_(p)−1 are sequentially addedto Q_(p) PRBs within the RBG set, and a bit set b=[b₀, . . . , b_(Q)_(p) ⁻¹] is defined, the number of elements in the bit set is the sameas the number of PRBs in the RBG set. The value of the element b_(i)(0≤i≤Q_(p)−1) in the bit set is 0 or 1, representing whether the i^(th)PRB is allocated, wherein, 0 represent no allocation and 1 representsallocation.

The base station allocates one or more PRB resources within a RBG set toa certain UE. In the above way, the base station first indicates the RBGset resource allocation information, and then generates a correspondingbit group according to whether to allocate a PRB within the RBG set,both of the above steps are included in the intra-BWP PRB resourceallocation information to be transmitted in the UL Grant. It should benoted that, the intra-BWP PRB resource allocation information may alsoinclude a fixed bit of PRB offset indication.

Specifically, after the above information is converted into binary bits,a possible specific composition of the intra-BWP PRB resource allocationinformation in the UL Grant is shown in FIG. 19.

It should be noted that, for the binary bit arrangement with differentintra-BWP PRB resource allocation information in the UL Grant, the MSBof the system may be at the left of the LSB and may also be at theright. The MSB and the LSB in FIG. 19 are exchanged which is also apossible binary bit arrangement of the intra-BWP PRB resource allocationinformation in the UL Grant in this embodiment.

After receiving the intra-BWP PRB resource allocation information in theUL Grant, the UE acquires the RBG set resource allocation informationaccording to the RBG set index information therein, and allocates thelocation with the value 1 in the bit-map information according to thePRB resources, acquires one or more PRB resource information allocatedwithin the RBG set. If multiple PRB resources are allocated, thedifferent PRBs can be continuous or discrete.

It should be noted that, the length of the intra-BWP PRB resourceallocation information can be indicated through a variable related tothe bandwidth of the BWP, or can be a fixed value.

Type 6: The bandwidth of the BWP, where the uplink resources arelocated, allocated by the base station to the UE is L_(UL) PRBs, andindexes of the L_(UL) PRBs are 0, 1, . . . , L_(UL)−1 in order.According to the size of the bandwidth of the BWP, the system defines aconcept of RBG, wherein, each RBG consists of a fixed number of P PRBs(the number of PRBs in the RBG at the edge of the BWP may be less thanP), wherein, P is a positive integer. The number of the intra-BWP RBG is┌L_(UL)/P┐, the RBG sets are sequentially allocated with indexes 0, 1, .. . , ┌L_(UL)/P┐−1. The base station allocates the uplink transmissionresources in units of PRB.

The base station allocates Q continuous RBG resources to a certain UE,wherein, Q is a positive integer and indexes 0, 1, . . . , Q−1 areallocated to each RBG resource. The starting RBG index location of theq^(th) (0≤q≤Q−1) uplink transmission resource is RBG_(START) ^(q) andthe length is L_(CRBGs) ^(q) PRBs. The base station combines thestarting location information of each PRB RBG_(START) ^(q) (0≤q≤Q−1),the length information of each PRB L_(CRBGs) ^(q) and the possiblenumber of RBG resources as the intra-BWP PRB resource allocationinformation, and transmits in the UL Grant.

Specifically, after the above information is converted into binary bits,a possible specific composition of the intra-BWP PRB resource allocationinformation in the UL Grant is shown in FIG. 20.

It should be noted that, for the binary bit arrangement with differentintra-BWP PRB resource allocation information in the UL Grant, the MSBof the system may be at the left of the LSB and may also be at theright. The MSB and the LSB in FIG. 20 are exchanged which is also apossible binary bit arrangement of the intra-BWP PRB resource allocationinformation in the UL Grant in this embodiment.

Wherein, the starting location of each RBG resource may have differentcomposition as follows:

(1) Indicating the starting location of each RBG resource respectivelyRBG_(START), RBG_(START) ¹, . . . RBG_(START) ^(Q-1);

(2) Indicating the differences RBG_(START) ¹−RBG_(START) ⁰, . . . ,RBG_(START) ^(Q-1)−RBG_(START) ⁰ between the starting location of theeach remaining RGB resources and the starting location RBG_(START) ⁰ ofthe 0th paragraph of RBG resources, and these differences are generatedin a limited set;

(3) Indicating the ratio RBG_(START) ¹/RBG_(START) ⁰, . . . ,RBG_(START) ^(Q-1)/RBG_(START) ⁰ of the starting location of the eachremaining RGB resources to the starting location RBG_(START) ⁰ of the0th paragraph of RBG resources, and these ratios are generated in alimited set.

The length of each RBG resource may have the following differentcompositions:

(1) Indicating the length L_(CRBGs) ⁰, L_(CRBGs) ¹, . . . L_(CRBGs)^(Q-1) of each paragraph of RBG resources respectively;

(2) Indicating the differences L_(CRBGs) ¹−L_(CRBGs) ⁰, . . . ,L_(CRBGs) ^(Q-1)−L_(CRBGs) ⁰ between the length of the each remainingRGB resources and the length L_(CRBGs) ⁰ of the 0th paragraph of RBGresource, and these differences are generated in a limited set;

(3) Indicating the ratio of the each remaining RGB resource to thelength L_(CRBGs) ⁰ of the 0th paragraph of RBG resources, and thesedifferences are generated in a limited set.

After receiving the intra-BWP PRB resource allocation information in theUL Grant, the UE obtains the values (q=0, 1, . . . , Q−1) of the eachRBG_(START) ^(q) and L_(CRBGs) ^(q) to acquire each RBG resourceinformation allocated by the uplink transmission within the BWP.

It should be noted that, the length of the intra-BWP PRB resourceallocation information can be indicated through a variable related tothe bandwidth of the BWP, or can be a fixed value.

Type 7: The bandwidth of the BWP, where the uplink resources arelocated, allocated by the base station to the UE is L_(UL) PRBs, andindexes of the L_(UL) PRBs are 0, 1, . . . , L_(UL)−1 in order. The basestation allocates uplink transmission resources in units of PRBs.

The base station allocates Q continuous RBG resources to a certain UE,wherein, Q is a positive integer and indexes 0, 1, . . . , Q−1 areallocated to each RBG resource. The starting PRB index location of theq^(th) (0≤q≤Q−1) uplink transmission resource is RBG_(START) ^(q) andthe length is L_(CRBGs) ^(q) PRBs. The base station combines thestarting location information of each PRB RBG_(START) ^(q) (0≤q≤Q−1),the length information of each RBG L_(CRBGs) ^(q) and the possiblenumber of PRB resources as the intra-BWP PRB resource allocationinformation, and transmits in the UL Grant.

Specifically, after the above information is converted into binary bits,a possible specific composition of the intra-BWP PRB resource allocationinformation in the UL Grant is as shown in FIG. 21.

It should be noted that, for the binary bit arrangement with differentintra-BWP PRB resource allocation information in the UL Grant, the MSBof the system may be at the left of the LSB and may also be at theright. The MSB and the LSB in FIG. 21 are exchanged which is also apossible binary bit arrangement of the intra-BWP PRB resource allocationinformation in the UL Grant in this embodiment.

Wherein, the starting locations of each PRB resource may have differentcomposition as follows:

(1) Indicating the starting location of each PRB resource respectivelyRB_(START) ⁰, RB_(START) ¹, . . . RB_(START) ^(Q-1);

(2) Indicating the differences RB_(START) ¹−RB_(START) ⁰, . . . ,RB_(START) ^(Q-1)−RB_(START) ⁰ between the starting location RB_(START)⁰ of the 0th paragraph of PRB resources and the starting location of theeach remaining PRB resources, and these differences are generated in alimited set;

(3) Indicating the ratio RB_(START) ¹/RB_(START) ⁰, . . . , RB_(START)^(Q-1)/RB_(START) ⁰ of starting location RB_(START) ⁰ of the 0thparagraph of PRB resources and the starting location of the eachremaining PRB resources, and these ratios are generated in a limitedset.

The length of each PRB resource may have the following differentcomposition:

(1) Indicating the length L_(CRBs) ⁰, L_(CRBs) ¹, . . . L_(CRBs) ^(Q-1)of each PRB resource respectively;

(2) Indicating the differences L_(CRBs) ⁰, L_(CRBs) ¹, . . . , L_(CRBs)^(Q-1)−L_(CRBs) ⁰ between the length L_(CRBs) ⁰ of the 0th PRB resourcesand the length of the each remaining PRB resources, and thesedifferences are generated in a limited set;

(3) Indicating the ratio of the each remaining PRB resource to thelength L_(CRBs) ⁰ of the 0th paragraph of PRB resources, and thesedifferences are generated in a limited set.

After receiving the intra-BWP PRB resource allocation information in theUL Grant, the UE obtains the values (q=0, 1, . . . , Q−1) of eachRB_(START) ^(q) and L_(CRBs) ^(q), and acquires each PRB resourceinformation allocated by the uplink transmission within the BWP.

It should be noted that, the length of the intra-BWP PRB resourceallocation information can be indicated through a variable related tothe bandwidth of the BWP, or can be a fixed value.

Type 8: PRB resources within BWP allocation information in UL Grant cancombine two or more cases in type 1 to type 7 together to indicate oneof the above multiple types. Specifically, the intra-BWP PRB resourceallocation information includes the following two parts: type indicationinformation and normal PRB resource allocation information. The typeindication information indicates one type of PRB resource allocationinformation in all available BWPs, and the normal PRB resourceallocation information is consistent with the type of PRB resourceallocation information in the foregoing type 1 to type 7 or otherpossible BWPs.

It should be noted that, the length of the intra-BWP PRB resourceallocation information can be indicated through a variable related tothe bandwidth of the BWP, or can be a fixed value.

Embodiment 6

The embodiment of the present disclosure is a flow of transmitting ULdata through Msg3 by a UE

In practical applications, the NB-IOT UE and the eMTC UE often supportsome small data packet services. If these small data packets aretransmitted after establishing the RRC connection with the base stationby the conventional method, the control signaling overhead forestablishing the RRC connection is large, and is not cost-effectiverelative to the small packet transmission. Furthermore, the transmissiondelay of the data of the UE is also large. One optimization method isthat Msg3 in the Random access channel (RACH) process transmits smalldata packets as soon as possible, thereby greatly improving datatransmission delay and UE power consumption, and saving a lot ofunnecessary control signaling overhead. The following embodimentsdescribe the flow that a UE transmits the UL data through Msg3.

FIG. 22 is a flowchart that a UE transmits UL data through Msg3. In thefirst step, a UE randomly selects one PRACH resource in the PRACHresource pool configured by a base station and transmits Msg1 (i.e. aPRACH preamble). The UE uses the same PRACH resource pool regardless ofwhether the UE transmits UL data in Msg3.

In the second step, if the Msg1 is detected by the base station, thebase station transmits a corresponding Msg2 (carried by the PDSCH) andallocates two sets of resources with different number of PRBs in the ULGrant of an RAR. The two resource sets correspond to different TBSvalues. Wherein, the large TBS value is used for transmitting the ULdata and necessary control signaling of the MAC/RRC layer such as the UEID and the like at Msg3, the small TBS value is used for transmittingthe necessary control signaling of the MAC/RRC layer such as the UE IDand the like.

In order not to affect the previous version of the UE, the first ULgrant can be transmitted in the format of the previous version. Forexample, for NB-IoT, the UL grant in the RAR can indicate 88 bits. Thesecond UL grant can indicate the new TBS table using reservedinformation bits in the original RAR format. In another example, thebase station transmits two Msg2s, that is, two PDSCHs are allocated tothe same UE. Or, the base station transmits one PDSCH which includes twoRAR MAC PDUs, indicating two UL grants respectively. Or, the basestation transmits one RAR MAC PDU, and uses an extra MCS table which isindicated by the reserved bit for indicating an extra TBS, and the otherparameters are those in another UL Grant, for example, the frequencydomain resource location, or the time domain starting location, thetiming advance (TA), or the TPC command, etc.

In the third step, the UE receives the Msg2 and selects a correspondingTBS value according to whether the UL data is to be transmitted on Msg3and transmits Msg3 (carried by the PUSCH) on the corresponding resourceset. For example, if there is UL data to be transmitted in the buffer ofthe UE, a larger TBS allocated in the RAR grant and its correspondingresource set is selected; if there is no UL data to be transmitted inthe buffer of the UE, that is, the UL data is not transmitted in Msg3,Then the smaller TBS allocated in the RAR grant and the correspondingresource set is selected.

In the fourth step, the base station attempts to decode Msg3 on bothresources allocated in the RAR grant. If Msg3 is decoded in the resourceset with a larger number of PRBs (corresponding to a large TBS value),the eNB considers that the Msg3 carries the UL data of the UE. If Msg3is decoded in the resource set with a smaller number of PRBs(corresponding to a small TBS value), the eNB considers that the Msg3does not carry the UL data of the UE. The base station transmits Msg4(carried by the PDSCH) according to the result of decoding the Msg3.

In the flow of FIG. 22, the information about whether the UE carries theUL data in Msg3 is obtained through blind detection by the base stationon two resource sets. Before transmitting Msg3, there is no signaling toindicate the information to the base station.

In an embodiment, in order to support the flow of FIG. 22, the UL grantin the RAR allocates two physical resources with different sizes(corresponding to different TBS values), and the UE can select one ofthe two TBS values to transmit Msg3 according to its own needs. Theresource scheduling of these two TBS values can share part of thescheduling information such as subcarrier interval indication (1 bit),subcarrier allocation information indication (6 bits), scheduling delayindication (2 bits) and repetition times (3 bits) described in section16.3.3 of 3GPP spec 36.213. The resource scheduling of these two TBSvalues is distinguished by different MCS indication fields. For thedesign of the MCS indication field, reference can be made to Table16.3.3-1 of 3GPP spec 36.213, that is, an MCS index can determine amodulation mode, number of resource units (RU) and the TBS value,wherein, the maximum TBS values supported by the two MCS indicationfields are different, and the modulation mode, the number of RUs and theTBS values corresponding to the two MCS indication fields may bedifferent under the same MCS index. The two physical resources allocatedin the RAR grant are the same in frequency domain. Only the number ofthe RUs in time domain is different, that is, the resource set with asmaller number of PRBs is included in the resource set with a largernumber of PRBs.

In one example, the first MCS indicator field described above may reusean existing table of the Rel-14 system (see Table 16.3.3-1 of 3GPP Spec36.213 for only one TBS with a fixed value of 88 bits), UEs before theRel-15 release could decode this MCS indicator field, a second MCSindicator field could employ a new table (supporting a larger TBS value,such as 256 bits), and only UEs after the Rel-15 release can decode.

If the UE before Rel-15 release receives the UL grant in the RAR, Msg3will be transmitted according to the scheduling of the first MCSindication field, and only the necessary control signaling of MAC/RRClayer such as the UE ID is transmitted. If UEs of the Rel-15 release andafter the Rel-15 release receiving the UL grant in this RAR, the UE maytransmit Msg3 according to its own demand by selecting one of the twoMCS indication fields. If the second MCS indication field is selected,the UE can carry the UL data in Msg3 and vice versa the UL data cannotbe carried in Msg3. The signaling overhead of the second MCS indicationfield can occupy the reserved area immediately after the UL grant fieldin the existing MAC RAR (see the “R” field after “UL Grant” in FIG. 23),then the existing MAC RAR Overall overhead remains unchanged.

In one example, the first MCS indication field and the second MCSindication field use the same field indication, but the decoding isdetermined by another field. This field for determining the decoding ofthe MCS indication field is 1 bit. In one example, this field is not inthe MAC RAR structure with the UL grant but occupies the first reservedbit of the MAC RAR for the existing eMTC Mode B UE (see the first “R”field in FIG. 24). For example, when the “R” field indicates “0”, theMCS indication field employs the first decoding way (for example, Table1 shown in the below, the maximum supported TBS value is 328 bits). Whenthe “R” field indicates “1”, the MCS indication field employs the secondsolution (for example, Table 2 shown in the below, the maximum supportedTBS value is 600 bits). This will maintain the existing MAC RAR overheadunchanged to indicate some information additionally for extending theTBS value of Msg3 PUSCH. In another example, this field belongs to theUL grant.

If the UE before the Rel-15 release receives the UL grant in the RAR,Msg3 is transmitted according to the scheduling of the first MCSindication field (Table 1), and only the necessary control signaling ofthe MAC/RRC layer such as the UE ID is transmitted. If UEs of the Rel-15release and after the Rel-15 release receiving this RAR, the UEs decidewhether to schedule the MCS indication field in the UL Grant byemploying Table 1 or Table 2 according to the value of the “R” field soas to further acquire the TBS value. Table 2 and Table 3 are schematicdiagrams of the two TBSs.

TABLE 2 first TBS table of CE Mode B N_(PRB) I_(TBS) 3 6 0 56 152 1 88208 2 144 256 3 176 328

TABLE 3 second TBS table of CE MODE B N_(PRB) I_(TBS) 1 2 0 56 152 1 144256 2 208 408 3 256 600

Embodiment 7

FIG. 25 is a flowchart that a UE transmits UL data through Msg3. In thefirst step, the UE selects a corresponding PRACH resource pool accordingto whether there is UL data transmission in the buffer. The UE randomlyselects one PRACH resource in the selected PRACH resource pool totransmit Msg1. In one example, the PRACH procedure initiated by the Msg1is a contention-based random access.

In the second step, the UE receives Msg2 and decodes the UL grant in theRAR carried by the Msg2 according to the selected PRACH resource pool(or the purpose of initiating the PRACH), that is, different PRACHresource pools correspond to different UL grant formats in the RAR.

In the third step, the UE transmits Msg3 on the UL resources allocatedby the decoded UL grant. It is noted that, although the UE selects theNPRACH resources according to whether there is UL data transmission inthe buffer, the base station also determines whether it needs to providea sufficiently large TBS according to its scheduling situation.Therefore, after decoding the UL grant, the UE can determine, accordingto a predefined rule, whether to carry UL data besides the necessarycontrol signaling of the MAC/RRC layer or only carry the buffer statusreport (BSR) information besides the necessary control signaling of theMAC/RRC layer.

In the flow of FIG. 25, whether the UE needs to carry the UL data inMsg3 is indicated to the eNB through Msg1, and the eNB can use thecorresponding RAR grant to schedule a larger TBS for Msg3 according tothe indication, so as to carry UL data of the UE.

In one embodiment, different PRACH resource pools are used for differentPRACH purposes in FIG. 25. The PRACH resource pools for different PRACHpurposes can be distinguished in a code domain, a time domain or afrequency domain. In one example, the code domain here refers to beingdistinguished by the PRACH preamble, for example, the PRACH preamble isdivided into GroupA and GroupB, wherein, the PRACH preamble in GroupA isused for conventional PRACH purposes, and the PRACH preamble in GroupBis used for the PRACH purpose of UL data transmission on Msg3. In oneexample, for NB-IOT UEs, PRACH resources used for different PRACHpurposes are configured on different NB-IOT carriers (anchor carriers ornon-anchor carriers). In one example, for eMTC UEs, PRACH resources fordifferent PRACH purposes are configured on different Narrow-Bands.

In yet another embodiment, the PRACH resource pool for different PRACHpurposes in FIG. 25 is distinguished by using different mask sequencesaround different PRACHs, wherein, the PRACH preamble is transmittedrepeatedly, a signal sequence can be superposed on the PRACH repeatedfor many times (that is, each repeated PRACH is masked by a differentsignal), there can be multiple signal sequences for the mask, and theeNB blindly decodes the mask sequence on the receiving side to acquireadditional information. For example, there are mask sequences {1, 1, 1,1} and {1, −1, 1−1} available for 4 PRACH repetitive transmissions. Ifthe UE transmits the PRACH by employing {1, 1, 1, 1}, it indicates thatthe UE requests to establish a normal RRC connection. If the UEtransmits a PRACH by employing {1, −1, 1, −1}, it indicates that the UErequests to transmit the UL data on Msg3.

In one embodiment, different PRACH resource pools (or different PRACHpurposes) correspond to different UL formats in the RAR. Here, the TBSindicated by the UL grant in the RAR may be the same or different, butthe maximum TBS which can indicated may be different. The RAR grantcorresponding to the PRACH resource pool for transmitting UL data inMsg3 may indicate a larger TBS to support the transmission of UL data inaddition to the necessary control signaling of the MAC/RRC layer such asthe UE ID.

Embodiment 8

This embodiment of the present disclosure is used for scheduling the RARgrant of the NB-IOT UE transmitting the UL data in Msg3.

The existing NB-IOT UE allocates a fixed value (88 bits) in Msg3,referring to Table 16.3.3-1 in 3GPP Spec 36.213, which is used fortransmission of necessary control signaling of the MAC/RRC layer such asUE ID. If the UL data is to be transmitted in Msg3, the TBS value whichcan be supported by Msg3 must be extended. The following embodimentdescribes a TBS extension method for Msg3 of NB-IOT UEs.

Table 3 is an example of the MCS used by the NB-IOT UE for determiningMsg3 NPUSCH. For specific parameter definitions and physical meanings,reference can be made to section 16.3.3 of 3GPP Spec 36.213. In this MCStable, two TBS values can be supported, such as 88 bits and 256 bits asgiven in an example of Table 3. If the eNB configures the minimum TBSvalue of 88 bits in the RAR grant, the UE transmits only the necessarycontrol signaling of the MAC/RRC layer such as the UE ID in Msg3. If thebase station configures the maximum TBS value of 256 bits in the RARgrant, in addition to transmitting the necessary control signaling ofMAC/RRC such as UE ID in Msg3, the UE can also transmit the UL data.

This MCS table may allow the base station to flexibly decide whether toschedule the UE to transmit the UL data in Msg3 according to the actualresource allocation situation. Although the UE requests to transmit theUL data in Msg3 through a dedicated PRACH resource pool, the basestation cannot schedule the UE to transmit the UL data in Msg3.

In another embodiment, the MCS table can support multiple TBS values.That is, the eNB can flexibly determine whether to allow the UE to carrythe UL data in Msg3 according to the actual resource allocationsituation, and determine the size of the UL data that the UE carries inMsg3. For example, the MCS table can support three TBS values, of whichthe minimum TBS value is used for transmission of necessary controlsignaling of the MAC/RRC layer such as the UE ID and the like, themedium TBS value is used for transmission of the necessary controlsignaling of the MAC/RRC layer such as the UE ID and the small amount ofthe UL data (such as BSR), and the maximum TBS value is used fortransmission of the necessary control signaling of the MAC/RRC layersuch as UE ID and the transmission of a large amount of the UL data.

In yet another embodiment, the minimum TBS value supported by Table 4 isa predefined value (88 bits), but the maximum TBS value is not apredefined value, but is statically configured by the base station inthe System Information Block (SIB). In one example, the base stationconfigures only one TBS value in the SIB for transmission of the UL datain Msg3. In another example, the base station configures multiple TBSvalues (e.g., 2 or 3) in the SIB for transmission of the UL data in Msg3to flexibly schedule the size of the UL data packets transmitted inMsg3.

In still another embodiment, the maximum TBS value supported by Table 3is related to the resource pool selected by Msg1, that is, the UE cantransmit the UL data in Msg3 according to the selection request of Msg1and can also request the TBS corresponding to size for UL datatransmission according to the buffered data size. In other words, the UEcan report the size of the buffered data in Msg1, and the base stationindicates the TBS value corresponding to size for carrying the UL datain Msg3 according to the buffered data size reported by Msg1.

For example, there are two PRACH mask sequences corresponding to thedifferent maximum TBS value of Msg3, and the maximum TBS value of Msg3corresponding to the PRACH mask sequence {1, 1, 1, 1} is 536 bits, whichis used for transmitting more UL data in Msg3. The maximum TBS value ofMsg3 corresponding to the PRACH mask sequence {1, −1, 1, −1} is 256bits, which is used for transmitting less UL data at Msg3.

TABLE 4 MCS table of Msg3 NPUSCH for NB-IOT UE Modulation mode Δf = 3.75kHz or Modulation MCS Δf = 15 kHz mode Δf = RU index and I_(sc) = 0,3.75 kHz number I_(MCS) 1, . . . , 11 and I_(sc) > 11 N_(RU) TBS ‘000’pi/2 BPSK QPSK 4  88 bits ‘001’ pi/4 QPSK QPSK 3  88 bits ‘010’ pi/4QPSK QPSK 1  88 bits ‘011’ pi/2 BPSK QPSK 8 256 bits ‘100’ pi/4 QPSKQPSK 6 256 bits ‘101’ pi/4 QPSK QPSK 4 256 bits ‘110’ pi/4 QPSK QPSK 3256 bits ‘111’ pi/4 QPSK QPSK 2 256 bits

Table 5 is another example of an MCS table used by the NB-IOT UE fordetermining Msg3 NPUSCH. For specific parameter definitions and physicalmeanings, reference can be made to section 16.3.3 of 3GPP Spec 36.213,wherein, Nrep refers to the PRACH repetition times selected in Msg1. TheMCS/TBS table is similar to Table 1, which supports two TBS values. Thesmaller TBS value is used for transmitting the necessary controlsignaling of the MAC/RRC layer (for example, the UE ID, etc.). Thelarger TBS value is used for transmitting the necessary controlsignaling of the MAC/RRC layer (for example, the UE ID, etc.) and the ULdata.

The difference between Table 5 and Table 4 lies in that the code rateselection supporting the TBS transmission is related to the repetitiontimes of the NPRACH selected in Msg1, that is, under a same MCS value,due to the repetition times is different, its corresponding number ofRUs and/or modulation mode may be different. When the repetition timesof the NPRACH is relative small, Msg3 transmission carrying the UL datacan have a relative high code rate, and when the repetition times of theNPRACH is relative large, Msg3 transmission carrying the UL data canhave a relative low code rate.

TABLE 5 MCS table of Msg3 NPUSCH for NB-IOT UE Modulation mode Δf = 3.75kHz or Modulation RU number MCS Δf = 15 kHz mode Δf = RU number N_(RU),and index and I_(sc) = 0, 15 kHz N_(RU), and N_(rep) = I_(MCS) 1, . . ., 11 and I_(sc) > 11 N_(rep) = R1 R2/R3 TBS ‘000’ pi/2 BPSK QPSK 4 4  88bits ‘001’ pi/4 QPSK QPSK 3 3  88 bits ‘010’ pi/4 QPSK QPSK 1 1  88 bits‘011’ pi/2 BPSK QPSK 8 8 256 bits ‘100’ pi/4 QPSK QPSK 5 7 256 bits‘101’ pi/4 QPSK QPSK 4 6 256 bits ‘110’ pi/4 QPSK QPSK 3 5 256 bits‘111’ pi/4 QPSK QPSK 2 4 256 bits

For example, in Table 5, when the repetition times of the NPRACHselected by Msg1 are equal to R1, the decoding of the number of RUs isone column in Table 5. When the repetition times of the NPRACH selectedby Msg1 are equal to R2/R3, the decoding of the number of RUs is anothercolumn in Table 5. Here, R1, R2 and R3 are three different repetitiontimes of the NPRACH configured by the eNB in the SIB, and the UE selectscorresponding repetition times of the NPRACH according to its ownchannel quality.

In another embodiment, different repetition times of the NPRACHcorrespond to different TBS values under the same MCS value. Forexample, a maximum TBS value supported can be relative large while therepetition times of the NPRACH is relative small, and a maximum TBSvalue supported can be relative small when the repetition times of theNPRACH is relative large. Since the channel of the UE has a poor channelquality, more resources will be occupied while transmitting relativelarge TBS. If the transmission contention of Msg3 fails, it will be awaste of the system resources. However, determining the supportable TBSvalues according to the channel quality of the UE will be moreeffective.

In still another embodiment, the repetition times of the differentNPRACHs correspond to different MCS tables, that is, the modulationmodes, the number of RUs, and the TBS values corresponding to therepetition times of the different NPRACHs may all be different under thesame MCS index.

Embodiment 9

This embodiment of the present disclosure is used for scheduling an eMTCmode B UE to transmit RAR of UL data in Msg3.

The maximum TBS value that can be allocated by the existing eMTC mode BUE in Msg3 is 328 bits, referring to the contents in section 6.2 of 3GPPSpec 36.213 which is suitable for transmitting the necessary controlsignaling of the MAC/RRC layer (for example, the UE ID, etc.) in Msg3.If the UL data is to be transmitted in Msg3, The TBS value which can besupported by Msg3 must be extended. The following embodiment describes aTBS extension method for Msg3 PUSCH of eMTC mode B UEs.

The number of PRBs allocable by the existing eMTC mode B UEs is 3 and 6.The TBS value of Msg3 PUSCH is obtained by truncating the TBS index(I_(TBS)) range of the conventional PUSCH to the lowest four values. Inorder to extend the TBS value, the way of valuing the TBS is modified toselect 4 of the TBS indexes of the conventional PUSCH intermittently,while maintaining the TBS field (2 bits) in the RAR grant unchanged. Forexample, Table 6 is the TBS table of the existing eMTC PUSCH (onlydisplaying the part that I_(TBS) is 0 to 7), which selecting severaldiscrete TBS values whose number of the PRBs is shown in column 3 andcolumn 6 (for example, I_(TBS) is the TBS corresponding to 0, 2, 4 and6) for mode B UE. Table 7 is the obtained TBS table of Msg3 PUSCH forthe eMTC Mode B UE, wherein, the maximum supportable TBS value is 600bits used for combining and transmitting the necessary control signalingof the MAC/RRC layer (for example, the UE ID, etc.) in Msg3 and the ULdata.

TABLE 6 TBS table for eMTC PUSCH (part) N_(PRB) I_(TBS) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 89 10 0 16 32 56 88 120 152 176 208 224 256 1 24 56 88 144 176 208 224256 328 344 2 32 72 144 176 208 256 296 328 376 424 3 40 104 176 208 256328 392 440 504 568 4 56 120 208 256 328 408 488 552 632 696 5 72 144224 328 424 504 600 680 776 872 6 328 176 256 392 504 600 712 808 9361032 7 104 224 328 472 584 712 840 968 1096 1224

TABLE 7 TBS table of Msg3 PUSCH for eMTC mode B N_(PRB) I_(TBS) 1 2 0 56152 1 144 256 2 208 408 3 256 600

Embodiment 10

According to the embodiment of the present application, the eMTC UE isscheduled to transmit UL data on an Msg3 PUSCH, the base stationprovides multiple possible TBSs in the RAR grant for the UE to select,and the UE will select one TBS value which most closely matches with thedata size in the MAC buffer to transmit Msg3, so that the number of thepadding bits in the MAC PDU is reduced as much as possible. It isassumed that the base station will perform blindly decoding on the Msg3based on the multiple possible TBS values. The maximal number of timesfor blindly decoding is the same as the number of the provided multiplepossible TBSs.

In this embodiment, the transmission of the multiple possible TBSs usesthe same resource allocation, the same Modulation mode (the defaultmodulation mode is QPSK) and different repetition times, the currentindication field used for repetition number in the RAR grant is used forthe TBS with the maximal value among the multiple TBS in default. Therepetition number corresponding to the other TBSs can be calculatedbased on the repetition number indicated by this indication field and apredefined formula.

In one example, the formula is RN_2={RN_1*(TBS_2+24)/(TBS_1+24)}, inanother example, the formula is RN_2={RN_1*(TBS_2)/(TBS_1)}. Here, TBS_1is the TBS with the maximal value among the multiple TBSs, RN_1 is therepetition number corresponding to the TBS_1, i.e., the repetitionnumber indicated in the RAR grant, TBS_2 are the other TBSs among themultiple TBSs excluding the TBS with the maximal value. RN_2 is therepetition number corresponding to TBS_2, where RN_2 can be implicitlyderived from RN_1. In one example, the calculation operator {.} is toselect the closest value upwardly for all the repetition numbersupported by the existing specification for values in { }. In anotherexample, the calculation operation {.} is to select the closest valuewhich meets a multiple of 2 upwardly for all values in { }.

For example, for CE Mode B, the set of all the values of the repetitionnumber supported by the existing specification is {1, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64,128, 192, 256, 384, 512, 768, 1024, 1536, 2048}, it is assumed thatTBS_1=1000 bits, RN_1=1024, TBS_2=328 bits, then RN2={1024*(328+24)/(1000+24)}. RN_2=384 if selecting the closest value inthe current repetition number upwardly. RN_2=352 if selecting theclosest value which meet a multiple of 2 upwardly.

In this embodiment, the step of indicating the multiple TBS values inthe RAR grant can be achieved by indicating which TBS set based on onepredefined TBS set table. For example, Table 8 and Table 9 respectivelyprovide an example of a TBS set table used for CE Mode A and CE Mode B,this table can provide multiple possible TBS sets, for example, the TBSset may include one to four TBS values, then the number of times forblindly decoding on Msg3 corresponding to the base station is 1-4.

The values in the TBS set can be selected according to an arithmeticsequence, or the TBS values corresponding to multiple typical EDTservice can also be selected. The maximal TBS value included in theseTBS sets should be the same, the maximal TBS value is also the maximalTBS value allowed by the broadcast EDT Msg3 of the base station in thesystem information. The base station can configure a correspondingmaximal TBS value for each CE level. Each broadcast maximal TBS valueshould correspond to one TBS set table. For example, if the maximal TBSvalue supported by the broadcast EDT Msg3 in the system information mayhave eight candidate values, then there may be at most eightcorresponding TBS set tables.

In addition, the base station will broadcast in the system informationwhether multiple TBS values can be used. If the base station configuresthat the multiple TBS values can be used, then the UE select one TBSvalue for the transmission of Msg3 in the indicated TBS set. If the basestation does not configure that the multiple TBS values can be used,then the UE can only select the maximal TBS value for the transmissionof the Msg3 in the indicated TBS set.

TABLE 8 TBS set table of Msg3 PUSCH for CE Mode A Index TBS set ‘000’{1000, 776, 552, 328} bits ‘001’ {1000, 840, 632, 424} bits ‘010’ {1000,632, 328} bits ‘011' {1000, 776, 424} bits ‘100’ {1000, 776} bits ‘101’{1000, 552} bits ‘110’ 1000 bits ‘111’ Reserved status

TABLE 9 TBS set table of Msg3 PUSCH for CE Mode B Index TBS set ‘000’{936, 776, 552, 328} bits ‘001’ {936, 632, 328} bits ‘010’ {936, 552}bits ‘011’ 936 bits

Table 8 includes eight TBS sets, which can be indicated by reusing theexisting 3-bit MCS indication field in the RAR grant. Table 9 includes 4TBS sets, which can be indicated by reusing the existing 3-bit TBSindication field in the RAR grant. Then the overall size of the RARgrant can remain unchanged.

Embodiment 11

According to the embodiment of the present application, the NB-IOT UE isscheduled to transmit UL data on an Msg3 NPUSCH, the base stationprovides multiple possible TBSs in the RAR grant for the UE to select,and the UE will select one TBS value which most closely matches with thedata size in the MAC buffer to transmit Msg3, so that the number of thepadding bits in the MAC PDU is reduced as much as possible. It isassumed that the base station will perform blindly decoding on the Msg3based on the multiple possible TBS values. The maximal number of timesfor blindly decoding is the same as the number of the provided multiplepossible TBSs.

In this embodiment, the transmission of the multiple possible TBSs usesthe same resource allocation (frequency-domain resource allocationwithin one RU), the same modulation mode, the different number of RUsand the same repetition number. In the RAR grant, the step of indicatingthe multiple TBS values and corresponding number of RUs can be achievedby indicating which MCS/RU/TBS value based on a predefined MCS/RU/TBStable.

For example, Table 10 shows one example of MCS/RU/TBS table of Msg3NPUSCH for NB-IOT. For EDT Msg3, this table can provide multiplepossible TBS sets. For example, if the TBS may include one to four TBSvalues, then the number of blindly decoding on the Msg3 corresponding tothe base station is one to four. Furthermore, for each TBS set, in therow of the number of the RUs, it has corresponding number of RUs, forexample, in the table, the value of ‘00111’ indicates one TBS setincluding four TBSs, i.e., {1000, 776, 552, 328} bits, and the number ofRUs corresponding to the four TBS values are respectively {10, 8, 6, 4}.

For EDT Msg3, the values in one TBS set can be selected according to anarithmetic sequence, or the TBS values corresponding to multiple typicalEDT service can also be selected. The maximal TBS value included inthese TBS sets should be the same, the maximal TBS value is the maximalTBS value allowed by the broadcast EDT Msg3 of the base station in thesystem information. The base station can configure the correspondingmaximal TBS value for each CE level. Each broadcast maximal TBS valueshould correspond to one MCS/RU/TBS table.

In addition, Table 10 further includes TBS values for non-EDT Msg3,i.e., the 88-bit TBS for the Msg3 NPUSCH in the existing specification(including three possibilities for allocating RUs). In this case, whenthe base station allocates resources for Msg3, if the availableresources at that time is not sufficient for carrying UE data in theMsg3, then the base station can fall back EDT to non-EDT mode, i.e.,indicating one 88-bit TBS value in the RAR grant. If the UE receives theindication, then the Msg3 cannot carry the UE data and can only be usedfor transmitting the ID of the UE and the necessary MAC/RRC layercontrol signaling.

The indicated number included in Table 10 may be greater than theMCS/RU/TBS table of the existing specification, then the existing 3-bitMCS/RU/TBS indication field in the RAN grant can be extended, forexample, extended to 5 bits for supporting Table 10.

TABLE 10 MCS/RU/TBS table of Msg3 PUSCH for NB-IOT Modulation mode Δf =3.75 kHz or Modulation MCS Δf = 15 kHz mode Δf = INDEX and I_(sc) = 0,15 kHz and Number of I_(MCS) 1, . . . , 11 I_(sc) > 11 RUs N_(RU) TBS‘00000’ pi/2 BPSK QPSK 4  88 bits ‘00001’ pi/4 QPSK QPSK 3  88 bits‘00010’ pi/4 QPSK QPSK 1  88 bits ‘00011’ pi/4 QPSK QPSK 10 1000 bits‘00100’ pi/4 QPSK QPSK 8 1000 bits ‘00101’ pi/4 QPSK QPSK 6 1000 bits‘00110’ pi/4 QPSK QPSK 4 1000 bits ‘00111’ pi/4 QPSK QPSK {10, 8, {1000,776, 6, 4} 552, 328} bits ‘01000’ pi/4 QPSK QPSK {8, 6, {1000, 776, 4,2} 552, 328} bits ‘01001’ pi/4 QPSK QPSK {6, 4, {1000, 776, 2, 1} 552,328} bits ‘01010’ pi/4 QPSK QPSK {4, 3, {1000, 776, 2, 1} 552, 328} bits‘01011’ pi/4 QPSK QPSK {10, 6, {1000, 632, 4} 328} bits ‘01100’ pi/4QPSK QPSK {8, 4, {1000, 632, 2} 328} bits ‘01101’ pi/4 QPSK QPSK {6, 3,{1000, 632, 1} 328} bits ‘01111’ pi/4 QPSK QPSK {4, 2, {1000, 632, 1}328} bits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ‘11110’ reserved reservedreserved reserved ‘11111’ reserved reserved reserved reserved

In another example, Table 10 only includes indication of MCS/TBS value,i.e., the indication including modulation mode and TBS set, where thenumber of RUs is indicated by another dedicated field in the RAR grant.Similar to description for the repetition number in Embodiment 10, thenumber of RUs indicated in the RAR grant is for the maximal TBS value inthe indicated TBS set, and the number of RUs corresponding to the otherTBS values can be obtained based on the number of RUs indicated by thisindication field and a predefined calculation formula, for example, byusing the calculation formula similar to that in Embodiment 10.

In another embodiment, the multiple TBS values use the same resourceallocation (frequency-domain resource allocation within one RU), thesame modulation mode, the same number of RUs and the differentrepetition number. Furthermore, similar to the description about eMTC inEmbodiment 10, the current indication field used for repetition numberin the RAR grant is used for the TBS with the maximal value among themultiple TBS in default. The repetition number corresponding to theother TBSs can be calculated based on the repetition number indicated bythis indication field and a predefined calculation formula, for example,by using a calculation formula similar to that in Embodiment 10.

Embodiment 12

In a feature that supports Early Data Transmission (EDT) through Msg3, abase station does not know the data size that the UE actually needs totransmit before receiving Msg3, therefore, the base station is unable toprovide an accurate TBS for Msg3. When the TBS value of Msg3 is greaterthan the data size that the UE needs to transmit, the UE can onlyperform bit padding in the MAC PDU. In order to reduce the number ofpadding bits of the UE in Msg3, the base station provides Msg3 withmultiple possible TBSs for the UE to select. The UE selects the mostsuitable TBS to transmit Msg3 according to the actual data size. At thereceiving side, the base station needs to perform blind decoding on Msg3based on the hypothesis that there are multiple possible TBSs. Suchblind decoding will bring additional complexity to the base station. Inorder to avoid such blind decoding, the UE informs the base station ofthe TBS value used for the actual transmission of Msg3 beforetransmitting Msg3 or while transmitting Msg3, so the base station candetect the TBS value used for the actual transmission of Msg3 and decodethe Msg3 according to the TBS value.

In one embodiment, an eNB provides Msg3 with multiple possible TBSs forthe UE to select, the UE selects an appropriate TBS value according tothe actual data size, and the TBS value used for the actual transmissionof Msg3 is transmitted through a PUCCH and is transmitted to the basestation before transmitting Msg3, so the eNB can detect the TBS valueused for the actual transmission of Msg3 and decode the Msg3 based onthe TBS value, thereby avoiding blind decoding on Msg3 based on thehypothesis that there are multiple TBSs. The specific steps of theembodiment are shown in FIG. 26.

In a first step, a UE transmits a PRACH to an eNB for requesting EDT.

In a second step, after receiving the PRACH, the eNB transmits one RARscheduling Msg3 to the UE and provides Msg3 with multiple possible TBSsfor the UE to select.

In a third step, after receiving the RAR, the UE selects one TBS valuefor Msg3 according to the data size and reports the information ofselected TBS value to the base station through a PUCCH.

In a fourth step, the UE transmits Msg3 immediately upon transmittingthe PUCCH based on the selected TBS value.

In the above embodiment, the base station provides Msg3 with at mot fourpossible TBSs for the UE to select, i.e., the TBS value used for theactual transmission of Msg3 can be indicated by at most 2 bits, and thePUCCH used for carrying the 1-2 bits of TBS information can reuse theexisting PUCCH format.

In one example, the PUCCH format used for carrying TBS value used forthe actual transmission of Msg3 is related to the number of possibleTBSs provided by the base station for Msg3, and the number may berelated to the maximum TBS value of Msg3 broadcast in the systeminformation or may be related to the real-time scheduling of the basestation. For example, when the base station provides Msg3 with two TBSsfor the UE to select, the 1-bit information may be carried by using theexisting PUCCH format 1a; When the base station provides Msg3 with threeto four TBSs for the UE to select, the existing PUCCH format 1b can beused to carry the 2-bit information.

In another example, when the base station provides Msg3 with 2-4 TBSsfor the UE to select, the TBS value used for the actual transmission ofMsg3 is carried by fixedly using the PUCCH format 1b.

For an eMTC UE, referring to the description of HARQ-ACK resources insection 10.1.2.1 of the existing standard 3GPP 36.213, when theMPDCCH-PRB-set for scheduling Msg2 is configured for distributedtransmission, the resources of the PUCCH are calculated according to thefollowing formula:

η_(PUCCH) ^((1,p) ⁰ ^()=n) _(ECCE,q) +N _(PUCCH,q) ^((m1)) +RAR_ID

When the MPDCCH-PRB-set is configured for centralized transmission, thecalculation formula can be derived in the same way. Where p₀ is theantenna port number, and q is the index number of the MPDCCH-PRB-setused for scheduling Msg2. n_(ECCE,q) is the index number of the startingCCE occupied by the MPDCCH of Msg2. N_(PUCCH,q) ^((m1)) is PUCCHparameter configured by the base station for MPDCCH-PRB-set q (referringto PUCCH resources).

In one example, the parameter N_(PUCCH,q) ^((m1)) is the same as theparameter used by PUCCH carrying ACK/NACK of Msg4, i.e., a parametern1PUCCH-AN-InfoList-r13 broadcast by the base station in the systeminformation, and a corresponding reference PUCCH resource value isconfigured for each CE level. In another example, the parameterN_(PUCCH,q) ^((m1)) is dedicated for the PUCCH carrying the TBS valueused for the actual transmission of Msg3, which is different from theparameter used by the PUCCH carrying ACK/NACK of Msg4, the new parametermay be named as n1PUCCH-Msg3-InfoList-r15. Similar to the existingparameter n1PUCCH-AN-InfoList-r13, the new parameter is broadcast by thebase station in system information, and a corresponding reference PUCCHresource value is configured for each CE level.

Where RAR_ID is the index number of the UE's RAR in the MAC PDU to whichit belongs, and one or more MAC RARs are included in the MAC PDU ofMsg2, e.g. RAR_ID=0 for the first MAC RAR of the MAC PDU and RAR_ID=n−1for the N^(th) MAC RAR. In another example, RAR_ID in the abovecalculation formula is replaced by preamble ID used by Msg1 PRACH.

In another example, the calculation formula for the resources of thePUCCH are (RAR_ID and other descriptions can be reused):

n _(PUCCH) ^((1,p) ⁰ ⁾ =n _(ECCE,q)+Δ_(ARO) +N _(PUCCH,q) ^((m1))+RAR_ID

Wherein Δ_(ARO) is indicated by the ACK/NACK Resource offset (ARO) fieldcontained in an MPDCCH of Msg2, the indicated value is interpretedaccording to Table 11, which refers to Table 10.1.2.1-1 of the existingstandard 3GPP 36.213.

TABLE 11 Interpretation of Δ_(ARO) values ACK/NACK Resource offset fieldΔ_(ARO) 0 0 1 −1 2 −2 3 2

In the above embodiment, the transmission time of PUCCH carrying the TBSvalue used for actual transmission of Msg3 is determined by reusing amethod for determining the transmission time of Msg3 in an existingsystem, for example, the UE transmits the PUCCH in the sixth subframeafter receiving Msg2, and the existing Msg3 may be transmittedimmediately after the PUCCH.

In the above embodiment, the repetition number of the PUCCH for carryingTBS value used for the actual transmission of Msg3 is the same as therepetition number of the PUCCH for carrying ACK/NACK of the Msg4, thatis, the repetition number of the PUCCH configured by the base stationfor each CE level in the system information.

In the above embodiment, the PUCCH is transmitted before Msg3, and thetime relationship between the PUCCH and Msg3 follows a predefined rule.For example, Msg3 is transmitted immediately after the PUCCH, that is,the UE transmits Msg3 in the first subframe after transmitting thePUCCH, and if the PUCCH is repeatedly transmitted, the UE transmits Msg3in the first subframe after transmitting the last subframe of the PUCCH.In another example, the PUCCH and Msg3 have a fixed interval so as toreserve the base station the decoding time for PUCCH, for example, theUE transmits Msg3 in the third subframe after transmitting the PUCCH,and if the PUCCH is repeatedly transmitted, the UE transmits Msg3 in thethird subframe after transmitting the last subframe of the PUCCH.

In the above embodiment, when the base station provides only one TBSvalue for Msg3, it is not necessary to transmit the PUCCH, and Msg3follows the existing transmission time, that is, the UE transmits Msg3in the sixth subframe after receiving Msg2.

For an NB-IOT UE, TBS value used for the actual transmission of Msg3 istransmitted through NPUSCH format 2. In the existing system, thetime-frequency resource of NPUSCH format 2 is explicitly indicated by a4-bit HARQ-ACK resource indication field in the corresponding DCI, andwhen the NPUSCH format 2 is used for carrying TBS value used for theactual transmission of Msg3, the corresponding resource is jointlydetermined by HARQ-ACK resource indicated in the DCI scheduling Msg2 andRAR_ID, for example, determining according to the following formula:

Resource_index=(AN_resource+RAR_ID)mod 16

Wherein AN_resource is the indication value (0-15) contained in MPDCCHof Msg2, RAR_ID is the index of RAR of the UE in the MAC PDU to whichthe UE belongs, the obtained range of the Resource_index is 0-15 bycalculation, and time-frequency resources corresponding to NPUSCH format2 are determined according to the existing Table 12 and Table 13, whichrefer to Table 16.4.2-1 and Table 16.4.2-2 of the existing standard 3GPP36.213.

In another example, the above Resource_index is determined according tothe following formula (RAR_ID and other descriptions can be reused):

Resource_index=RAR_ID mod 16

TABLE 12 Determination of time-frequency resources of PUCCH whensubcarrier spacing is 3.75 kHz Resource Subcarrier index index numbernumber k₀ 0 38 13 1 39 13 2 40 13 3 41 13 4 42 13 5 43 13 6 44 13 7 4513 8 38 21 9 39 21 10 40 21 11 41 21 12 42 21 13 43 21 14 44 21 15 45 21

TABLE 13 Determination of time-frequency resources of PUCCH whensubcarrier spacing is 15 kHz Resource Subcarrier index index numbernumber k₀ 0 0 13 1 1 13 2 2 13 3 3 13 4 0 15 5 1 15 6 2 15 7 3 15 8 0 179 1 17 10 2 17 11 3 17 12 0 18 13 1 18 14 2 18 15 3 18

For an NB-IOT UE, the transmission time of Msg3 is explicitly indicated,in RAR grant, by an indication field of a 2-bit scheduling delay, andthe base station shall ensure that the NPUSCH format 1 carrying Msg3 istransmitted after the NPUSCH format 2 carrying TBS value used for theactual transmission of Msg3 when scheduling Msg3. If the NPUSCH format 2is repeatedly transmitted, it is ensured that the transmission of theNPUSCH format 1 is started after the NPUSCH format 2 is completelytransmitted.

In one example, there is a predefined time relationship between theNPUSCH format 1 carrying Msg3 and the NPUSCH format 2 carrying TBS valueused for the actual transmission of Msg3, and the transmission time ofthe NPUSCH format 1 may be determined based on the predefined timerelationship and the transmission time of the NPUSCH format 2, or thetransmission time of the NPUSCH format 1 may be determined based on thepredefined time relationship and the transmission time of the NPUSCHformat 2.

In one example, the transmission time of the NPUSCH format 2 carryingthe TBS value used for the actual transmission of Msg3 is indicated inthe corresponding RAR grant, for example, indicating by a dedicated2-bit indication field shown in Table 14, which refers to Table 16.5.1-1of the existing standard 3GPP 36.213, NPUSCH format 1 carrying Msg3 istransmitted immediately after the NPUSCH format 2.

TABLE 14 Scheduling delay of TBS value used for the actual transmissionof Msg3 I_(Dealy) k₀ 0 12 1 16 2 32 3 64

In another embodiment, an eNB provides Msg3 with multiple possible TBSsfor the UE to select, the UE selects an appropriate TBS value accordingto the actual data size, and TBS value used for the actual transmissionof Msg3 is transmitted through Msg3 piggyback and is transmitted to thebase station together with Msg3, then the eNB can detect the TBS valueused for the actual transmission of Msg3 and decode Msg3 based on theTBS value, thereby avoiding blind decoding on Msg3 based on thehypothesis that there are multiple TBSs. The specific steps of theembodiment are shown in FIG. 27.

In a first step, a UE transmits a PRACH to an eNB for requesting EDT.

In a second step, after receiving the PRACH, the eNB transmits one RARscheduling Msg3 to the UE and provides Msg3 with multiple possible TBSsfor the UE to select.

In a third step, after receiving the RAR, the UE selects one TBS totransmit Msg3 according to the data size and reports the information ofselected TBS value to the base station through Msg3 piggyback.

In the above embodiment, the base station provides Msg3 with at mortfour possible TBSs for the UE to select, i.e., the TBS value used forthe actual transmission of Msg3 can be indicated by at most 2 bits, theTBS information can be transmitted by occupying part of the resources ofMsg3, and it is unnecessary to transmit the TBS information when thebase station provides Msg3 with only one TBS.

In one example, when the base station provides Msg3 with 2-4 possibleTBSs, the TBS value used for the actual transmission of Msg3 isindicated fixedly by using 2-bit information. In another example, whenthe base station provides Msg3 with 3-4 possible TBSs, and the TBS valueused for the actual transmission of Msg3 is indicated by using 2-bitinformation. When the base station provides Msg3 with two possible TBSs,the TBS value used for the actual transmission of Msg3 is indicated byusing 1-bit information.

In one example, when the TBS information is transmitted by Msg3piggback, the number of REs used for carrying TBS information is a fixedvalue. In another example, the number of REs used for carrying TBSinformation is related to one or more of the following factors, whereinthese factors include the number of bits of TBS information, multiplepossible TBS values provided by the base station for Msg3, the totalnumber of REs allocated by the base station for Msg3 (within onesubframe), etc.

In one example, the number of REs used for carrying TBS information isonly related to the number of bits of TBS information, for example, thenumber of occupied RE is N when TBS information is 1 bit, and the numberof occupied Res is 2N when TBS information is 2 bits.

In one example, the number of REs used for carrying TBS information isthe same as the existing method for determining the number of REsoccupied by 1-2-bit HARQ-ACK during PUSCH piggyback. In another example,the number of REs used for carrying TBS information is the same as themethod for determining the number of REs occupied by existing CSI duringPUSCH piggyback.

In one example, the method for encoding the TBS information is the sameas the method for encoding used by the existing 1-2-bit HARQ-ACK duringPUSCH piggyback, i.e., repeated encoding. In another example, the methodfor encoding the TBS information is the same as the method for encodingused by the existing CSI during PUSCH piggyback i.e., Reed-Mullerencoding.

In one example, the RE mapping of TBS information is similar to theexisting RE mapping of 1-2-bit HARQ-ACK during PUSCH piggyback, i.e.,mapped on the perimeter RE of the DMRS symbol. In another example, theRE position occupied by TBS information is similar to the RE positionoccupied by the existing CSI during PUSCH piggyback, i.e., mapping isstarted from the lowest position or the highest position of frequencydomain resources, and a mapping mode in accordance with an order fromthe time domain to frequency domain is employed.

In one example, when Msg3 piggyback is performed on the TBS value usedfor the actual transmission of Msg3, Msg3 employs puncturing processingfor the resources occupied by TBS information, i.e., Msg3 performs ratematching according to the total number of REs and discards the datasymbols that Msg3 corresponds to the RE position occupied by the TBSinformation. In another example, when Msg3 piggyback is performed on theTBS value for the actual transmission of Msg3, Msg3 performs ratematching on the resources occupied by TBS information, i.e., Msg3performs rate matching based on the remaining number of REs (theremaining number of REs refers to the result that the total number ofREs minus the number of REs occupied by the TBS information).

In the above embodiment, when Msg3 repeatedly transmits, the repetitionnumber corresponding to multiple TBSs provided by the base station forMsg3 is different, the repetition number indicated by the base stationin RAR grant corresponds to the maximum TBS value, the repetition numberof other TBS values can be deduced from the repetition numbercorresponding to the maximum TBS value, and the repetition numberactually used by Msg3 corresponds to the actually-used TBS value.

In one example, the repetition number of the TBS information is the sameas the repetition number of the actual transmission of Msg3 by default,without signaling indication that parts of REs are used for transmissionof the TBS information within each subframe of Msg3.

In another example, the repetition number of the TBS information is thesame as the repetition number corresponding to the minimum TBS valueamong the multiple TBS values provided by the base station for Msg3 bydefault, and no signaling is required to indicate that the repetitionnumber for the actual transmission of Msg3 is greater than therepetition number of the TBS information when the TBS actually used byMsg3 is not the minimum TBS, then part of REs is used for transmissionof TBS information in the first part of the subframes of Msg3, but no REis used for transmission of TBS information in the rear part of thesubframes of Msg3.

In yet another example, the repetition number of the TBS information isindependent of the repetition number corresponding to multiple TBSvalues provided by the base station for Msg3, and a signaling indicationis required to indicate, e.g., to indicate that the base stationspecifically configures the corresponding repetition number for each CElevel in the system information. When scheduling Msg3, the base stationshall ensure that the repetition number of Msg3 shall not be less thanthe repetition number of the TBS information.

In the above embodiment, the modulation method used by TBS informationis the same as the modulation mode used by Msg3, for example, QPSKmodulation is fixed.

In yet another embodiment, an eNB provides Msg3 with multiple possibleTBSs for the UE to select, the UE selects an appropriate TBS valueaccording to the actual data size, the TBS value used for actualtransmission of Msg3 is carried by DMRS of Msg3, and transmitted to thebase station together with Msg3, the eNB can detect the TBS value usedfor actual transmission of Msg3, and decode Msg3 based on the TBS value,thereby avoiding blind decoding on the Msg3 based on the hypothesis thatthere are multiple TBSs. The specific steps of the embodiment are shownin FIG. 28.

In a first step, a UE transmits a PRACH to an eNB for requesting EDT.

In a second step, after receiving the PRACH, the eNB transmits one RARscheduling Msg3 to the UE and provides multiple possible TBSs for the UEto select.

In a third step, after receiving the RAR, the UE selects one TBS totransmit Msg3 according to the data size, and reports the information ofselected TBS value through the DMRS of Msg3 to the base station.

In the above embodiment, the base station provides Msg3 with at mostfour possible TBSs for the UE to select, i.e. the TBS value used for theactual transmission of Msg3 can be indicated by at most 2 bits, and theinformation can be carried by DMRS of Msg3. When the base stationprovides only one TBS for Msg3, it is not necessary to transmit the TBSvalue used for the actual transmission of Msg3.

In one example, when the base station provides 2-4 possible TBSs forMsg3, and the TBS value used for the actual transmission of Msg3 isindicated by fixedly using 2-bit information. In another example, whenthe base station provides 3-4 possible TBSs for Msg3, the TBS value usedfor the actual transmission of Msg3 is indicated by using 2-bitinformation. When the base station provides 2 possible TBSs for Msg3,the TBS value used for the actual transmission of Msg3 is indicated byusing 1-bit information.

In the above embodiment, the TBS value used for the actual transmissionof Msg3 is carried by DMRS of Msg3, that is, TBS value used for theactual transmission of Msg3 corresponds to different DMRS signals. Forexample, TBS value used for actual transmission of Msg3 is carried bydifferent cyclic shifts of DMRS, referring to the generation formula ofDMRS signal in section 5.5.1 of 3GPP 36.211, the TBS value used for theactual transmission of Msg3 corresponds to different values of α, and acorresponding DMRS signal is generated based on the same base sequenceand different values of α.

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Embodiment 13

In one embodiment, an eNB provides multiple possible TBSs for Msg3 forthe UE to select, the UE selects an appropriate TBS value based on theactual data size and reports the information of selected TBS value andMsg3 to the base station. The eNB may not successfully decode Msg3 butmay detect the TBS value used for the actual transmission of Msg3, thenthe eNB may allocate resources based on only this TBS value whenscheduling retransmission of Msg3. When the TBS value is less than theTBS value indicated in RAR grant (the maximum TBS value among multipleTBS values provided for Msg3), the retransmission of Msg3 may save moreresources than the initial transmission, and the eNB does not need toperform blind decoding based on the hypothesis that there are multipleTBS for the retransmission of Msg3. The specific steps of the embodimentare shown in FIG. 29.

In a first step, a UE transmits a PRACH to an eNB for requesting EDT.

In a second step, after receiving the PRACH, the eNB transmits one RARscheduling Msg3 to the UE and provides Msg3 with multiple possible TBSsfor the UE to select.

In a third step, after receiving the RAR, the UE selects one TBS totransmit Msg3 according to the data size and reports the information ofselected TBS value to the base station.

In a fourth step, the eNB receives the TBS information and decodes Msg3according to the TBS information. When the eNB fails to decode Msg3, theeNB schedules the retransmission of Msg3, and if the eNB successfullydetects the TBS information, the eNB schedules the retransmission ofMsg3 according to the detected TBS value. Otherwise, the eNB providesMsg3 with multiple possible TBSs for the UE to select, which is the sameas the scheduling of the initial transmission of Msg3.

In a fifth step, the UE transmits the retransmission of Msg3, and theused TBS value is the same as the TBS value used for the initialtransmission of Msg3.

In this embodiment, the eNB provides Msg3 with multiple possible TBSsfor the UE to select. The UE selects an appropriate TBS value accordingto the actual data size, and transmits the TBS value used for actualtransmission of Msg3 to the eNB. The eNB decides whether to provide oneTBS or multiple possible TBSs for the retransmission of Msg3 accordingto whether the TBS information is successfully detected, if the eNBsuccessfully detects the TBS information, only the detected TBS value isprovided for the retransmission of Msg3, and if eNB does notsuccessfully detect the TBS information, multiple possible TBS valuesare provided for the retransmission of Msg3. The multiple possible TBSvalues should be the same as the multiple possible TBS values providedfor initial transmission of Msg3.

In order to support the above function, the DCI scheduling theretransmission of Msg3 includes a 1-bit flag for indicating whetherthere is one TBS or multiple possible TBS. For example, when the flagindicates ‘0’, it indicates that the eNB provides only one TBS for theretransmission of Msg3, the TBS value indicated in the DCI is the TBS,and the repetition number indicated in the DCI is the repetition numberfor the TBS. When the flag indicates ‘1’, it indicates that the eNBprovides multiple possible TBSs for the retransmission of Msg3, that TBSvalue indicated in the DCI is the maximum TBS value among the multiplepossible TBS values, and other possible TBS values may be implicitlyderived based on this maximum TBS value and a predefined table (thetable defining corresponding multiple possible TBSs for each maximum TBSvalue of Msg3 broadcasted in system information). The repetition numberindicated in the DCI is the repetition number corresponding to themaximum TBS value, and the repetition number of other TBS values can beimplicitly derived based on this repetition number and a predefinedrule.

In one example, the 1-bit flag described above may reuse some existingindication fields in corresponding DCI formats, which may ensure thatDCI scheduling retransmission of Msg3 can reuse the format and size ofDCI scheduling other PUSCH to reduce the complexity of DCI design. Forexample, the 1-bit flag reuse 1 bit from the existing MCS field incorresponding DCI format. For the eMTC UE, when the DCI format 6-0A/6-0Bis used for scheduling the retransmission of Msg3, 3 bits in theexisting 4-bit MCS field are used as MCS indications, and the other 1bit is used as the flag.

In another embodiment, the eNB provides Msg3 with multiple possible TBSsfor the UE to select. The UE selects an appropriate TBS according to theactual data size, and the UE transmits the TBS value used for actualtransmission of Msg3 to the eNB. The eNB provides only one TBS value forthe retransmission of Msg3, regardless of whether the eNB successfullydetects the TBS information. Here, when the UE reports the TBS valueused for the actual transmission of Msg3, the transmission reliabilityis higher than Msg3, for example, the error probability reaches 1e-3 orlower. In this embodiment, the TBS value indicated by the DCI schedulingretransmission of Msg3 is the TBS value used for actual transmission ofMsg3 in retransmission, the repetition number indicated by the DCIscheduling retransmission of Msg3 is the repetition number used foractual transmission of Msg3 in retransmission, and there is nodifference in interpretation between the DCI scheduling retransmissionof Msg3 and the DCI scheduling other PUSCH. Here, the eNB should ensurethat the TBS value indicated by the DCI scheduling retransmission ofMsg3 is the same as the TBS value used by the UE for the initialtransmission of Msg3, and the TBS value indicated by the DCI schedulingretransmission of Msg3 may be different from the TBS value indicated bythe RAR grant scheduling the initial transmission of Msg3, which is thelargest among the multiple possible TBSs.

In yet another embodiment, an eNB provides Msg3 with multiple possibleTBSs for the UE to select, the UE selects an appropriate TBS accordingto the actual data size, and the UE does not need to transmit TBS valueused for the actual transmission of Msg3 to the eNB, so the eNB stillprovides multiple possible TBSs when scheduling the retransmission ofMsg3, which are the same as the multiple possible TBSs provided for theinitial transmission of Msg3. In this embodiment, the TBS indicated bythe DCI scheduling the retransmission of Msg3 is the TBS with themaximum value among the multiple possible TBSs. Other possible TBSvalues can be implicitly derived according to this maximum TBS value anda predefined table (this table defining corresponding multiple possibleTBSs for each maximum TBS value of Msg3 broadcasted in systeminformation). The repetition number indicated by the DCI scheduling theretransmission of Msg3 is the repetition number corresponding to themaximum TBS value, and the repetition number of other TBS values can beimplicitly derived according to this repetition number and a predefinedrule. Here, the eNB should ensure that the TBS value indicated by theDCI scheduling retransmission of Msg3 is the same as the TBS valueindicated by the RAR grant scheduling initial transmission of Msg3,which is the largest among the multiple possible TBSs.

Based on the above-mentioned embodiment provided by the presentdisclosure, as shown in FIG. 30, an exemplary radio communication system3000 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is shown.Wherein, the UE detects indication information. The radio communicationsystem 3000 includes one or more fixed infrastructure units that form anetwork that is distributed over a geographic area. The base unit canalso be referred to as an Access Point (AP), an Access Terminal (AT), aBase Station (BS), a Node-B and an evolved NodeB (eNB) Next GenerationBase Stations (gNBs) or other terms used in the art. The AP in thisembodiment of the present disclosure can be replaced by any one of theabove terms. As shown in FIG. 30, one or more base stations 3001 and3002 provide services for several mobile stations (MS) or UEs orterminal equipments or users 3003 and 3004 in a serving area. Forexample, the serving area is within a cell or a cell sector. In somesystems, one or more BSs can be communicatively coupled to a controllerforming an access network, wherein the controller can be communicativelycoupled to one or more core networks. The present disclosure is notlimited to any particular radio communication system.

In time domain and/or frequency domain, the base stations 3001 and 3002transmit downlink (DL) communication signals 3012 and 3013 to the UEs3003 and 3004, respectively. The UEs 3003 and 3004 communicate with oneor more base units 3001 and 3002 through Uplink (UL) communicationsignals 3011 and 3014, respectively. In one embodiment, the mobilecommunication system 3000 is an Orthogonal Frequency Division MultipleAccess (OFDM)/Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA)system including multiple base stations and multiple UEs, wherein, themultiple base stations include a base station 3001 and a base station3002, the multiple UEs includes a UE 3003 and a UE 3004. The basestation 3001 communicates with the UE 3003 through the UL communicationsignal 3011 and the DL communication signal 3012. When a base stationhas a DL packet to transmit to a UE, each UE obtains a DL allocation(resources), such as a Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) or anarrowband Physical Downlink Shared Channel (NPDSCH). When a UE needs totransmit a packet to a base station in the uplink, the UE obtains agrant from a base station, wherein, the grant allocates a group ofPUSCHs or NPUSCHs of the UL radio resources. The UE acquires DL or ULscheduling information from a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH)or MPDCCH or EPDCCH or NPDCCH which is specific to itself. The DL or ULscheduling information and other control information carried by thedownlink control channel are referred to DCI. FIG. 30 also showsdifferent physical channels exemplified by the DL 3012 and the UL 3011.The DL 3012 includes a PDCCH or EPDCCH or NPDCCH or MPDCCH 3021, a PDSCHor NPDSCH 3022, a Physical Control Formation Indicator Channel (PCFICH)3023, a Physical Multicast Channel (PMCH) 3024, a Physical BroadcastChannel (PBCH) or a narrowband physical broadcast channel (NPBCH) 3025,a physical hybrid automatic repeat request indicator channel (PHICH)3026 and a primary synchronization signal (PSS), a secondsynchronization signal (Secondary Synchronization Signal, SSS) orNPSS/NSSS signals. The downlink control channel 3021 transmits a DLcontrol signal to the user. The DCI 3020 is carried through the downlinkcontrol channel 3021. The PDSCH 3022 transmits data information to theUE. PCFICH 3023 is used for decoding PDCCH information, such asdynamically indicating the number of symbols used by PDCCH 3021. PMCH3024 carries broadcast multicast information. The PBCH or NPBCH 3025carries Master Information Blocks (MIBs) for early detection of UEs andcell-wide coverage. The PHICH carries Hybrid Automatic Repeat request(HARQ) information, which indicates whether the base station hascorrectly received the transmitted uplink signal. The UL 3011 includes aPhysical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) 3031, a PUSCH 3032, and PhysicalRandom Access Channel (PRACH) 3033 carrying random access information.

In one embodiment, the radio communication network 3000 uses an OFDMA ormulti-carrier architecture, including Adaptive Modulation and Coding(AMC) on the DL and next-generation single-carrier FDMA architecture ormulti-carrier OFDMA architecture for UL transmission. The FDMA-basedsingle-carrier architecture includes Interleaved FDMA (IFDMA), LocalizedFDMA (LFDMA) or DFT-spread OFDM (DFT-SOFDM) of IFDMA or LFDMA. Inaddition, it further includes enhanced non-interleaved NOMAarchitectures of OFDMA system, such as Pattern division multiple access(PDMA), Sparse code multiple access (MMAA), Low code rate spreadingFrequency domain spreading (LCRSFDS), Non-orthogonal coded multipleaccess (NCMA), Resource spreading multiple access (RSMA),Interleave-grid multiple access (IGMA), Low density spreading withsignature vector extension (LDS-SVE), Non-orthogonal coded access(NOCA), Interleave division multiple access (IDMA), Repetition divisionmultiple access (RDMA), Group orthogonal coded access (GOCA) andWelch-bound based spread MA (WSMA), etc.

In OFDMA systems, the remote units are served by allocating downlink oruplink radio resources that typically contain a set of subcarriers onone or more OFDM symbols. The exemplary OFDMA protocols include thedevelopment of LTE and IEEE 802.16 standards of 3GPP UMTS standards. Thearchitecture can also include the use of transmission techniques such asmulti-carrier CDMA (MC-CDMA), multi-carrier direct sequence CDMA(MC-DS-CDMA) or Orthogonal Frequency and Code Division Multiplexing(OFCDM). Or, the architecture can be based on simpler time and/orfrequency division multiplexing/multiple access techniques, or acombination of these different technologies. In an alternate embodiment,the communication system can use other cellular communication systemprotocols, including but not limited to TDMA or direct sequence CDMA.

The method for uplink resources allocation provided in the embodimentsof the present disclosure can be applied to a situation in which fullbandwidth needs to be divided in a future radio communication system,and a resource allocation requirement that meets a diversity of needs isprovided, and the complexity and the system overhead are relatively low,so that the user can perform more efficient uplink transmission and toprovide users with a better access experience.

An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a base station. Asshown in FIG. 31, which includes an allocating module 2301 and atransmitting module 2302, wherein,

the allocating module 2301 is configured to allocate BWP resources andintra-BWP PRB resources to the UE.

the transmitting module 2302 is configured to transmit BWP resourceindication information and intra-BWP PRB resource indication informationto the UE.

Wherein, the BWP resource indication information is used for indicatingthe BWP resources allocated by the base station to the UE, and theintra-BWP PRB resource indication information is used for indicating theintra-BWP PRB resources allocated by the base station to the UE.

An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a method for uplinkresource allocation and a method for uplink transmission. Compared withthe prior art, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, a basestation allocates BWP resources and intra-BWP PRB resources to a UE, thebase station then transmits the BWP resource indication information andthe intra-BWP PRB resource indication information to the UE. The BWPresource indication information is used for indicating the BWP resourcesallocated by the base station to the UE. The intra-BWP PRB resourceindication information is used for indicating the intra-BWP PRBresources allocated by the base station, and then the UE receives theBWP resource indication information and the intra-BWP PRB resourceindication information transmitted by the base station, and thendetermines the BWP resources and the intra-BWP PRB resources allocatedby the base station according to the BWP resource indication informationand the intra-BWP PRB resource indication information so as to performuplink transmission, that is, a new method for uplink resourceallocation is designed to be applied to BWP-based bandwidth allocationfor future radio communication systems.

The base station provided in this embodiment of the present disclosureis applicable to the foregoing method embodiments, and details will notbe described herein again.

An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a UE, as shown in FIG.32, which includes: a receiving module 2401 and a transmitting module2402, wherein,

the receiving module 2401 is configured to receive BWP resourceindication information transmitted by a base station and intra-BWP PRBresource indication information.

the transmitting module 2402 is configured to determine, according tothe BWP resource indication information received by the receiving module2401 and the intra-BWP PRB resource indication information, BWPresources allocated by the base station and intra-BWP PRB resources, andperform uplink transmission.

An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a method for uplinkresource allocation and a method for uplink transmission. Compared withthe prior art, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, a basestation allocates BWP resources and intra-BWP PRB resources to a UE, thebase station then transmits the BWP resource indication information andthe intra-BWP PRB resource indication information to the UE. The BWPresource indication information is used for indicating the BWP resourcesallocated by the base station to the UE. The intra-BWP PRB resourceindication information is used for indicating the intra-BWP PRBresources allocated by the base station, and then the UE receives theBWP resource indication information and the intra-BWP PRB resourceindication information transmitted by the base station, and thendetermines the BWP resources and the intra-BWP PRB resources allocatedby the base station according to the BWP resource indication informationand the intra-BWP PRB resource indication information so as to performuplink transmission, that is, a new method for uplink resourceallocation is designed to be applied to BWP-based bandwidth allocationfor future radio communication systems.

The UE provided in this embodiment of the present disclosure isapplicable to the foregoing method embodiments, and details will not bedescribed herein again.

An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a base stationincluding: a memory, a processor, and a computer program stored in thememory and operable on the processor, wherein, the processor executesthe above-mentioned method for allocating uplink resources executed bythe base station.

An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a method for uplinkresource allocation and a method for uplink transmission. Compared withthe prior art, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, a basestation allocates BWP resources and intra-BWP PRB resources to a UE, thebase station then transmits the BWP resource indication information andthe intra-BWP PRB resource indication information to the UE. The BWPresource indication information is used for indicating the BWP resourcesallocated by the base station to the UE. The intra-BWP PRB resourceindication information is used for indicating the intra-BWP PRBresources allocated by the base station, and then the UE receives theBWP resources indication information and the intra-BWP PRB resourceindication information transmitted by the base station, and thendetermines the BWP resources and the intra-BWP PRB resources allocatedby the base station according to the BWP resource indication informationand the intra-BWP PRB resource indication information so as to performuplink transmission, that is, a new method for uplink resourceallocation is designed to be applied to BWP-based bandwidth allocationfor future radio communication systems.

The base station provided in this embodiment of the present disclosureis applicable to the foregoing method embodiments, and details will notbe described herein again.

An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a UE, including: acomputer program including a memory, a processor, and a computer programstored in the memory and operable on the processor, wherein, theprocessor executes the above-mentioned method for uplink resourceallocation executed by the UE.

An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a method for uplinkresource allocation and a method for uplink transmission. Compared withthe prior art, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, a basestation allocates BWP resources and intra-BWP PRB resources to a UE, thebase station then transmits the BWP resource indication information andthe intra-BWP PRB resource indication information to the UE. The BWPresource indication information is used for indicating the BWP resourcesallocated by the base station to the UE. The intra-BWP PRB resourcesindication information is used for indicating the intra-BWP PRBresources allocated by the base station, and then the UE receives theBWP resource indication information and the intra-BWP PRB resourceindication information transmitted by the base station, and thendetermines the BWP resources and the intra-BWP PRB resources allocatedby the base station according to the BWP resource indication informationand the intra-BWP PRB resource indication information so as to performuplink transmission, that is, a new method for uplink resourceallocation is designed to be applied to BWP-based bandwidth allocationfor future radio communication systems.

The UE provided in this embodiment of the present disclosure isapplicable to the foregoing method embodiments, and details will not bedescribed herein again.

The method for determining a preamble sequence cyclic shift, the methodfor configuring a preamble sequence cyclic shift set, the device forconfiguring a preamble sequence cyclic shift set and the device fordetermining a preamble sequence cyclic shift provided by the presentdisclosure will be described below one by one with reference to specificparameter designs.

The present disclosure provides a method for determining a preamblesequence cyclic shift, as shown in FIG. 30, comprising the followingsteps.

Step 0 (initial setting): A communication system generates all preamblesequence cyclic shift sets, allocates a unique index for each preamblesequence cyclic shift set, and allocates a unique index for eachpreamble sequence cyclic shift in each preamble sequence cyclic shiftset.

Step 1: A base station transmits a System Information Block (SIB),wherein the SIB contains a random access preamble sequence cyclic shiftconfiguration index (zeroCorrelationZoneConfig) and a preamble sequencecyclic shift set index (CyclicShiftSetIndex); and, a user equipmentreceives the SIB, and reads the zeroCorrelationZoneConfig and theCyclicShiftSetIndex contained in the SIB.

Step 2: The user equipment selects a corresponding preamble sequencecyclic shift set from all the preamble sequence cyclic shift setsgenerated in the initial step, based on the CyclicShiftSetIndex receivedin the step 1.

Step 3: The user equipment determines a final preamble sequence cyclicshift N_(cs) from the preamble sequence cyclic shift set selected in thestep 2, based on the zeroCorrelationZoneConfig received in the step 1.

It is to be noted that the following four adjustments can be made to theabove solutions.

Adjustment Solution 1:

Step 1: A base station transmits a System Information Block (SIB),wherein the SIB contains a random access preamble sequence cyclic shiftconfiguration index (zeroCorrelationZoneConfig) and a preamble sequencecyclic shift set index (CyclicShiftSetIndex); and, a user equipmentreceives the SIB, and reads the zeroCorrelationZoneConfig and theCyclicShiftSetIndex contained in the SIB.

Step 2: Based on the CyclicShiftSetIndex received in the step 1, theuser equipment makes the following selections: if theCyclicShiftSetIndex is not 0, determining that the preamble sequencecyclic shift N_(cs) is 0, i.e., N_(cs)=0; or otherwise, if theCyclicShiftSetIndex is 0, proceeding to the step 3.

Step 3: The user equipment determines, based on thezeroCorrelationZoneConfig received in the step 1 and from the preamblesequence cyclic shift set stored in advance, a final preamble sequencecyclic shift N_(cs)

Adjustment Solution 2:

Step 1: A base station transmits a System Information Block (SIB),wherein the SIB contains a random access preamble sequence cyclic shiftconfiguration index (zeroCorrelationZoneConfig) and possibly contains adirect configuration of a preamble sequence cyclic shift(zeroCyclicShift) indication; and, a user equipment receives the SIB,and reads the zeroCorrelationZoneConfig contained in the SIB and thezeroCyclicShift indication possibly contained in the SIB.

Step 2: Based on the CyclicShiftSetIndex received in the step 1 and thezeroCyclicShift indication possibly received in the step 1, the userequipment makes the following selections: if the zeroCyclicShiftindication has been received, determining that the preamble sequencecyclic shift N_(cs) is 0, i.e., N_(cs)=0; or otherwise, if thezeroCyclicShift indication has not been received, proceeding to the step3.

Step 3: The user equipment determines, based on thezeroCorrelationZoneConfig received in the step 1 and from the preamblesequence cyclic shift set stored in advance, a final preamble sequencecyclic shift N_(cs).

Adjustment Solution 3:

Step 1: A base station transmits a System Information Block (SIB),wherein the SIB contains a random access preamble sequence cyclic shiftconfiguration index (zeroCorrelationZoneConfig) and a directconfiguration of a preamble sequence cyclic shift (zeroCyclicShift)indication; and, a user equipment receives the SIB, and reads thezeroCorrelationZoneConfig and zeroCyclicShift indication contained inthe SIB.

Step 2: Based on the CyclicShiftSetIndex and zeroCyclicShift indicationreceived in the step 1, the user equipment makes the followingselections: if the received zeroCyclicShift indication is 1, determiningthat the preamble sequence cyclic shift N_(cs) is 0, i.e., N_(cs)=0; orotherwise, if the received zeroCyclicShift indication is not 1,proceeding to the step 3.

Step 3: The user equipment determines, based on thezeroCorrelationZoneConfig received in the step 1 and from the preamblesequence cyclic shift set stored in advance, a final preamble sequencecyclic shift N_(cs).

Adjustment solution 4:

Step 1: A base station transmits a System Information Block (SIB),wherein the SIB contains a random access preamble sequence cyclic shiftconfiguration index (zeroCorrelationZoneConfig), a preamble sequencecyclic shift set index (CyclicShiftSetIndex) and an initial rootsequence logic index (rootSequenceIndex); and, a user equipment receivesthe SIB, and reads the zeroCorrelationZoneConfig, CyclicShiftSetIndexand rootSequenceIndex contained in the SIB.

Step 2: The user equipment obtains a corresponding initial root sequencephysical index u based on the rootSequenceIndex received in the step 1.

Step 3: The user equipment selects a corresponding preamble sequencecyclic shift set from all the preamble sequence cyclic shift setsgenerated in the initial step, based on the CyclicShiftSetIndex receivedin the step 1.

Step 4: The user equipment determines a preamble sequence cyclic shiftN_(cs) from the preamble sequence cyclic shift set selected in the step2, based on the zeroCorrelationZoneConfig received in the step 1.

Step 5: If the preamble sequence cyclic set corresponding to theCyclicShiftSetIndex is a restricted set and it is unable to generate anyZC sequence based on the initial root sequence physical index u obtainedin the step 2 and the preamble sequence cyclic shift obtained in thestep 4, it is determined that the preamble sequence cyclic shift N_(cs)is 0, i.e., N_(cs)=0; or otherwise, the preamble sequence cyclic shiftN_(cs) determined in the step 4 is kept unchanged.

In the step 1 of the above solutions, there is at least one SIBtransmitted by the base station. As shown in FIG. 35, the user equipmentselects one SIB from the at least one SIB according to the presetconditions, and determines the indexes carried in the selected SIB. Thereason why the at least one SIB is transmitted is because the basestation needs to decide an optimal transmitting beam direction of thebase station according to the random access channel resource or preamblesequence used by the user equipment. Therefore, SIBs in synchronizationsignal blocks contained in different beams can be different. In the step1, the base station can transmit SIBs containing different preamblesequence cyclic shift configuration indexes and preamble sequence cyclicshift set indexes, according to different cell coverage demandscorresponding to different beams and on different beams. If a user hasdetected SIBs in one or more synchronization signal blocks, the userselects an SIB in one synchronization signal block according to themaximum received signal strength criterion, the first receptioncriterion or other criterions, and reads the preamble sequence cyclicshift configuration index and the preamble sequence cyclic shift setindex in this SIB.

In the present disclosure, the base station can use a transmissionstructure based on an antenna matrix shown in FIG. 36. The elementsshown in FIG. 36 may be included in the wireless communication interface310. According to FIG. 36, each link which passed through basebandprocessing is connected to an antenna array consisting of antenna unitsthrough an up-convertor and a Digital-to-Analog Converter (DAC). Eachantenna in the antenna array can only be adjusted in phase. By adjustingthe phase, the antenna array can form beams in an appropriate directionso as to realize beamforming of the system. In order to ensure beamcoverage, the user equipment can assign multiple beam directions havingdifferent orientations in advance, as shown in FIG. 37.

Based on the step 0, the present disclosure provides a method forconfiguring a preamble sequence cyclic shift set, as shown in FIG. 38,comprising the following steps:

step 601: all values of a preamble sequence cyclic shift N_(cs) aredetermined according to a Zadoff-Chu (ZC) sequence and the degree offrequency offset; and

step 602: a preset number of preamble sequence cyclic shifts N_(cs) areselected from all values of the preamble sequence cyclic shift N_(cs) togenerate a preamble sequence cyclic shift set.

Further, the generated preamble sequence cyclic shift set is transmittedto both the base station and the user equipment for storage.

FIG. 39 shows a schematic diagram of the preamble sequence cyclic shiftset generated by this configuration method. In this method, thegeneration of any preamble sequence cyclic shift set specificallycomprises the following steps:

step 700 (initial setting): the maximum number of allowable preamblesequence cyclic shifts N_(cs) is determined as P;

step 701: for a certain degree of frequency offset, several conditionssuch as the cell coverage demand and/or the value of a ZC sequence indexare determined;

step 702: based on the different conditions determined in the step 701and in combination with the degree of frequency offset, all possiblevalues of the preamble sequence cyclic shift N_(cs) in each conditionare determined, respectively;

step 703: several preamble sequence cyclic shifts N_(cs) are selectedfrom all possible values of the preamble sequence cyclic shift N_(cs)determined in each condition in the step 702 (the number of the selectedpreamble sequence cyclic shifts may be 0, 1 or more, and the totalnumber of preamble sequence cyclic shifts correspondingly selected indifferent conditions is less than P) to generate a final preamblesequence cyclic shift set, and each preamble sequence cyclic shiftN_(cs) in this set is allocated with a unique index; and

step 704: for different degrees of frequency offset, the steps 701 to703 are repeated until preamble sequence cyclic shift sets correspondingto all the degrees of frequency offset are generated, and each preamblesequence cyclic shift set is allocated with a unique index.

In FIG. 40, the number of preamble sequence cyclic shift sets generatedby the system is S, and the sets are successively allocated withpreamble sequence cyclic shift set indexes (CyclicShiftSetIndex): index0, index 1, . . . , index S−1. The number of preamble sequence cyclicshift N_(cs) elements in each set is at most P, and the preamblesequence cyclic shift N_(cs) elements are successively allocated withpreamble sequence cyclic shift N_(cs) configuration indexes(zeroCorrelationZoneConfig): index 0, index 1, . . . , index P−1. Anelement p (0≤p≤P−1) in a set s (0≤s≤S−1) can be represented by N_(p)^(s). If the length of the used AC sequence is N_(zc), the value rangeof any N_(p) ^(s) is 0≤N_(p) ²≤N_(zc)−1. The index of each preamblesequence cyclic shift set is greater than 1 bit.

It is to be specifically noted that the element at any position in anypreamble sequence cyclic shift set in FIG. 40 may be null (that is,there is no N_(p) ^(s) at this position). In this case, the number ofelements in this preamble sequence cyclic shift set is less than P.

Specifically, the system determines the number of preamble sequencecyclic shift sets according to all possible degrees of frequency offsetin different conditions. Each set corresponds to one degree of frequencyoffset. The system also allocates a unique preamble sequence cyclicshift set index (CyclicShiftSetIndex) for each set.

For example, when the maximum allowable degree of frequency offset ofthe system is 3 times of the sub-carrier spacing of a random accesschannel, the system can generate four preamble sequence cyclic shiftsets, and allocate an index 0, an index 1, an index 2 and an index 3 tothe four preamble sequence cyclic shift sets, respectively. The preamblesequence cyclic shift set corresponding to the index 0 supports asituation where there is no or negligible frequency offset; the preamblesequence cyclic shift set corresponding to the index 1 supports asituation where the maximum frequency offset is 1 time of thesub-carrier spacing of the random access channel; the preamble sequencecyclic shift set corresponding to the index 2 supports a situation wherethe maximum frequency offset is 2 times of the sub-carrier spacing ofthe random access channel; and, the preamble sequence cyclic shift setcorresponding to the index 3 supports a situation where the maximumfrequency offset is 3 times of the sub-carrier spacing of the randomaccess channel.

In each preamble sequence cyclic shift set, all possible values of acyclic shift N_(cs) in each condition are determined based on the degreeof frequency offset corresponding to this set and in combination withdifferent conditions such as the cell coverage demands and/or the valueof the ZC sequence index; then, several values of preamble sequencecyclic shifts N_(cs) are selected from these possible values (the numberof the selected values can be 0, 1 or more) to form a preamble sequencecyclic shift set; and, the selected preamble sequence cyclic shiftsN_(cs) are successively allocated with unique preamble sequence cyclicshift N_(cs) configuration indexes (zeroCorrelationZoneConfig). It is tobe specifically noted that the number of preamble sequence cyclic shiftN_(cs) elements in any preamble sequence cyclic shift set cannot exceedthe maximum number P.

The present disclosure further provides a method for generating apreamble sequence based on a preamble sequence cyclic shift N_(cs). Themethod comprises the following different situations.

1. When the determined preamble sequence cyclic shift is N_(cs) and themaximum allowable frequency offset of the system is 2 times of thesub-carrier spacing of the random access channel, all preamble sequencesare generated based on an initial root sequence logic index u.

2. When the determined preamble sequence cyclic shift is N_(cs) and thezeroCorrelationZoneConfig corresponding to this cyclic shift is greaterthan a certain threshold, all preamble sequences are determined by amethod 1; or otherwise, all preamble sequences are generated by a method2. The method 1 corresponds to a method for generating preamblesequences when the maximum allowable frequency offset is 1 time of thesub-carrier spacing of the random access channel, and the method 2corresponds to a method for generating preamble sequences when themaximum allowable frequency offset is 2 times of the sub-carrier spacingof the random access channel.

3. When the determined preamble sequence cyclic shift is N_(cs) and thezeroCorrelationZoneConfig corresponding to this cyclic shift is lessthan a certain threshold, all preamble sequences are determined by amethod 1; or otherwise, all preamble sequences are generated by a method2. The method 1 corresponds to a method for generating preamblesequences when the maximum allowable frequency offset is 1 time of thesub-carrier spacing of the random access channel, and the method 2corresponds to a method for generating preamble sequences when themaximum allowable frequency offset is 2 times of the sub-carrier spacingof the random access channel.

The method for configuring a preamble sequence cyclic shift set providedby the present disclosure will be described below by severalembodiments.

Embodiment 14

In a situation where there is no or negligible frequency offset, theduration of a random access preamble sequence is T_(SEQ), a cyclic shiftsequence of a ZC sequence having a length of N_(zc) is used as apreamble sequence, the maximum delay spread for an uplink asynchronoususer is τ_(DS), and the number of additional guard samples due to thereceiver pulse shaping filter is n_(g).

In this situation, when the cell coverage radius demand is r, a lowerbound for the preamble sequence cyclic shift N_(cs) is:

$N_{CS} \geq {{\frac{{2{r/c}} + \tau_{DS}}{T_{SEQ}}*N_{ZC}} + n_{g}}$

where c denotes the velocity of light.

Based on the above conditions, the method for configuring a preamblesequence cyclic shift set specifically comprises the following steps:

step A (initial setting): the maximum number of allowable preamblesequence cyclic shifts N_(cs) is determined as P;

step B: Q (Q≤P) cell coverage radii r are selected according to theactual dement for cell coverage;

step C: based on the Q cell coverage radii r determined in the step B,the value range of preamble sequence cyclic shifts N_(cs) under eachcell radius r is determined, respectively; and

step D: a preamble sequence cyclic shift N_(cs) is respectively selectedfrom the value range of preamble sequence cyclic shifts N_(cs)determined by each cell radius r in the step C to generate a finalpreamble sequence N_(cs) set containing Q elements, and each preamblesequence cyclic shift N_(cs) is allocated with a unique index, where theindex No. is from 0 to Q−1.

In the step D, during the selection of a preamble sequence cyclic shiftN_(cs) from the value range of preamble sequence cyclic shifts N_(cs)determined by each cell radius r, the selected preamble sequence cyclicshift N_(cs) can be a preamble sequence cyclic shift N_(cs) having aminimum value. Of course, the selection of the preamble sequence cyclicshift N_(cs) is not limited thereto.

In Embodiment 14, in the situation where there is no or negligiblefrequency offset, the following description will be given by threespecific implementations.

Specific Embodiment 14

A cyclic shift sequence of a ZC sequence having a length of N_(zc) isused as a preamble sequence, the sub-carrier spacing of the randomaccess channel is Δf, the duration of a random access preamble sequenceis T_(SEQ), the maximum delay spread for an uplink asynchronous user isτ_(DS), the number of additional guard samples due to the receiver pulseshaping filter is n_(g), the cell coverage radius demand is r, and thepreamble sequence cyclic shift is N_(cs).

In the assumption that the values of the above parameters areN_(zc)=839, Δf=2.5 kHz, T_(SEQ)=400 μs, τ_(DS)=2.6 μs, and n_(g)=2, apreferred method for configuring a preamble sequence cyclic shift setspecifically comprises the following steps.

The maximum number of allowable preamble sequence cyclic shifts N_(cs)is determined as 16.

The following values of the cell radius are selected in advance, and thevalue range of the preamble sequence cyclic shift N_(cs) at each valueof the cell radius is calculated:

(1) if r=0.68 km, N_(cs)≥17 can be obtained by the method forconfiguring a preamble sequence cyclic shift set of the presentdisclosure;

(2) if r=0.82 km, N_(cs)≥19 can be obtained by the method forconfiguring a preamble sequence cyclic shift set of the presentdisclosure;

(3) if r=1.04 km, N_(cs)≥22 can be obtained by the method forconfiguring a preamble sequence cyclic shift set of the presentdisclosure;

(4) if r=1.32 km, N_(cs)≥26 can be obtained by the method forconfiguring a preamble sequence cyclic shift set of the presentdisclosure;

(5) if r=0.68 km, N_(cs)≥31 can be obtained by the method forconfiguring a preamble sequence cyclic shift set of the presentdisclosure;

(6) if r=2.04 km, N_(cs)≥36 can be obtained by the method forconfiguring a preamble sequence cyclic shift set of the presentdisclosure;

(7) if r=2.40 km, N_(cs)≥41 can be obtained by the method forconfiguring a preamble sequence cyclic shift set of the presentdisclosure;

(8) if r=2.76 km, N_(cs)≥46 can be obtained by the method forconfiguring a preamble sequence cyclic shift set of the presentdisclosure;

(9) if r=3.69 km, N_(cs)≥59 can be obtained by the method forconfiguring a preamble sequence cyclic shift set of the presentdisclosure;

(10) if r=4.90 km, N_(cs)≥76 can be obtained by the method forconfiguring a preamble sequence cyclic shift set of the presentdisclosure;

(11) if r=6.12 km, N_(cs)≥93 can be obtained by the method forconfiguring a preamble sequence cyclic shift set of the presentdisclosure;

(12) if r=7.92 km, N_(cs)≥119 can be obtained by the method forconfiguring a preamble sequence cyclic shift set of the presentdisclosure;

(13) if r=11.4 km, N_(cs)≥167 can be obtained by the method forconfiguring a preamble sequence cyclic shift set of the presentdisclosure;

(14) if r=19.42 km, N_(cs)≥279 can be obtained by the method forconfiguring a preamble sequence cyclic shift set of the presentdisclosure;

(15) if r=29.43 km, N_(cs)≥419 can be obtained by the method forconfiguring a preamble sequence cyclic shift set of the presentdisclosure; and

(16) if r=59.47 km, N_(cs)≥839 can be obtained by the method forconfiguring a preamble sequence cyclic shift set of the presentdisclosure, that is, N_(cs)=0.

The minimum values of the preamble sequence cyclic shift N_(cs) areselected from the 16 value ranges of the preamble sequence cyclic shiftN_(cs) to form a preamble sequence cyclic shift set {0, 17, 19, 22, 26,31, 36, 41, 46, 59, 76, 93, 119, 167, 279, 419}. In an order from thesmallest to largest values of the preamble sequence cyclic shift N_(cs),indexes 0 to 15 are allocated for each preamble sequence cyclic shiftN_(cs), respectively. The eventually generated preamble sequence cyclicshift set is shown in the following table 15.

TABLE 15 Preamble sequence cyclic shift set N_(CS) configuration N_(CS)value 0 0 1 17 2 19 3 22 4 26 5 31 6 36 7 41 8 46 9 59 10 76 11 93 12119 13 167 14 279 15 419

Specific Embodiment 15

A cyclic shift sequence of a ZC sequence having a length of N_(zc) isused as a preamble sequence, the sub-carrier spacing of the randomaccess channel is Δf, the duration of a random access preamble sequenceis T_(SEQ), the maximum delay spread for an uplink asynchronous user isτ_(DS), the number of additional guard samples due to the receiver pulseshaping filter is n_(g), the cell coverage radius demand is r, and thepreamble sequence cyclic shift is N_(cs).

In the assumption that the values of the above parameters areN_(zc)=839, Δf=5 kHz, T_(SEQ)=200 μs, ρ_(DS)=1.3 μs and n_(g)=2, apreferred method for configuring a preamble sequence cyclic shift setspecifically comprises the following steps.

The maximum number of allowable preamble sequence cyclic shifts N_(cs)is determined as 16.

The following values of the cell radius are selected in advance, and thevalue range of the preamble sequence cyclic shift N_(cs) at each valueof the cell radius is calculated:

(1) if r=0.66 km, N_(cs)≥26 can be obtained by the method forconfiguring a preamble sequence cyclic shift set of the presentdisclosure;

(2) if r=0.73 km, N_(cs)≥28 can be obtained by the method forconfiguring a preamble sequence cyclic shift set of the presentdisclosure;

(3) if r=0.84 km, N_(cs)≥31 can be obtained by the method forconfiguring a preamble sequence cyclic shift set of the presentdisclosure;

(4) if r=0.95 km, N_(cs)≥34 can be obtained by the method forconfiguring a preamble sequence cyclic shift set of the presentdisclosure;

(5) if r=1.09 km, N_(cs)≥38 can be obtained by the method forconfiguring a preamble sequence cyclic shift set of the presentdisclosure;

(6) if r=1.31 km, N_(cs)≥44 can be obtained by the method forconfiguring a preamble sequence cyclic shift set of the presentdisclosure;

(7) if r=1.56 km, N_(cs)≥51 can be obtained by the method forconfiguring a preamble sequence cyclic shift set of the presentdisclosure;

(8) if r=1.81 km, N_(cs)≥58 can be obtained by the method forconfiguring a preamble sequence cyclic shift set of the presentdisclosure;

(9) if r=2.13 km, N_(cs)≥67 can be obtained by the method forconfiguring a preamble sequence cyclic shift set of the presentdisclosure;

(10) if r=2.45 km, N_(cs)≥76 can be obtained by the method forconfiguring a preamble sequence cyclic shift set of the presentdisclosure;

(11) if r=3.06 km, N_(cs)≥93 can be obtained by the method forconfiguring a preamble sequence cyclic shift set of the presentdisclosure;

(12) if r=3.99 km, N_(cs)≥119 can be obtained by the method forconfiguring a preamble sequence cyclic shift set of the presentdisclosure;

(13) if r=5.70 km, N_(cs)≥167 can be obtained by the method forconfiguring a preamble sequence cyclic shift set of the presentdisclosure;

(14) if r=9.71 km, N_(cs)≥279 can be obtained by the method forconfiguring a preamble sequence cyclic shift set of the presentdisclosure;

(15) if r=14.72 km, N_(cs)≥419 can be obtained by the method forconfiguring a preamble sequence cyclic shift set of the presentdisclosure; and

(16) if r=29.73 km, N_(cs)≥839 can be obtained by the method forconfiguring a preamble sequence cyclic shift set of the presentdisclosure, that is, N_(cs)=0.

The minimum values of the preamble sequence cyclic shift N_(cs) areselected from the 16 value ranges of the preamble sequence cyclic shiftN_(cs) to form a preamble sequence cyclic shift set {0, 26, 28, 31, 34,38, 44, 51, 58, 67, 76, 93, 119, 167, 279, 419}. In an order from thesmallest to largest values of the preamble sequence cyclic shift N_(cs),indexes 0 to 15 are allocated for each preamble sequence cyclic shiftN_(cs), respectively. The eventually generated preamble sequence cyclicshift set is shown in the following table 16.

TABLE 16 Preamble sequence cyclic shift set N_(CS) configuration N_(CS)value 0 0 1 26 2 28 3 31 4 34 5 38 6 44 7 51 8 58 9 67 10 76 11 93 12119 13 167 14 279 15 419

Specific Embodiment 16

A cyclic shift sequence of a ZC sequence having a length of N_(zc) isused as a preamble sequence, the sub-carrier spacing of the randomaccess channel is Δf, the duration of a random access preamble sequenceis T_(SEQ), the maximum delay spread for an uplink asynchronous user isτ_(DS), the number of additional guard samples due to the receiver pulseshaping filter is n_(g), the cell coverage radius demand is r, and thepreamble sequence cyclic shift is N_(cs).

In the assumption that the values of the above parameters are N_(zc)=135Δf=7.5 kHz, T_(SEQ)=13.33.33 μs, τ_(DS)=0.87 μs and n_(g)=0, a preferredmethod for configuring a preamble sequence cyclic shift set specificallycomprises the following steps.

The maximum number of allowable preamble sequence cyclic shifts N_(cs)is determined as 16.

The following values of the cell radius are selected in advance, and thevalue range of the preamble sequence cyclic shift N_(cs) at each valueof the cell radius is calculated:

(1) if r=0.16 km, N_(cs)≥2 can be obtained by the method for configuringa preamble sequence cyclic shift set of the present disclosure;

(2) if r=0.45 km, N_(cs)≥4 can be obtained by the method for configuringa preamble sequence cyclic shift set of the present disclosure;

(3) if r=0.73 km, N_(cs)≥6 can be obtained by the method for configuringa preamble sequence cyclic shift set of the present disclosure;

(4) if r=1.02 km, N_(cs)≥8 can be obtained by the method for configuringa preamble sequence cyclic shift set of the present disclosure;

(5) if r=1.31 km, N_(cs)≥10 can be obtained by the method forconfiguring a preamble sequence cyclic shift set of the presentdisclosure;

(6) if r=1.60 km, N_(cs)≥12 can be obtained by the method forconfiguring a preamble sequence cyclic shift set of the presentdisclosure;

(7) if r=2.03 km, N_(cs)≥15 can be obtained by the method forconfiguring a preamble sequence cyclic shift set of the presentdisclosure;

(8) if r=2.46 km, N_(cs)≥18 can be obtained by the method forconfiguring a preamble sequence cyclic shift set of the presentdisclosure;

(9) if r=3.03 km, N_(cs)≥22 can be obtained by the method forconfiguring a preamble sequence cyclic shift set of the presentdisclosure;

(10) if r=3.61 km, N_(cs)≥26 can be obtained by the method forconfiguring a preamble sequence cyclic shift set of the presentdisclosure;

(11) if r=4.33 km, N_(cs)≥31 can be obtained by the method forconfiguring a preamble sequence cyclic shift set of the presentdisclosure; and

(12) if r=5.05 km, N_(cs)≥36 can be obtained by the method forconfiguring a preamble sequence cyclic shift set of the presentdisclosure.

The minimum values of the preamble sequence cyclic shift N_(cs) areselected from the 12 value ranges of the preamble sequence cyclic shiftN_(cs) to form a preamble sequence cyclic shift set {2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12,15, 18, 22, 26, 31, 36}. In an order from the smallest to largest valuesof the preamble sequence cyclic shift N_(cs), indexes 0 to 12 areallocated for each preamble sequence cyclic shift N_(cs), respectively.The eventually generated preamble sequence cyclic shift set is shown inthe following table 17.

TABLE 17 Preamble sequence cyclic shift set N_(CS) configuration N_(CS)value 0 2 1 4 2 6 3 8 4 10 5 12 6 15 7 18 8 22 9 26 10 31 11 36 12 — 13— 14 — 15 —

Embodiments 2 to 4 will be specifically described below with regard to adegree of frequency offset that is 1 time of the sub-carrier spacing ofthe random access channel, a degree of frequency offset that is 2 timesof the sub-carrier spacing of the random access channel and a degree offrequency offset that is 3 times of the sub-carrier spacing of therandom access channel, respectively.

The degrees of frequency offset comprise a degree of frequency offsetthat is 1 time of the sub-carrier spacing of the random access channel,a degree of frequency offset that is 2 times of the sub-carrier spacingof the random access channel and a degree of frequency offset that is 3times of the sub-carrier spacing of the random access channel, and thevalue range of the preamble sequence cyclic shift N_(cs) is not greaterthan an absolute value of a difference between cyclic shifts generatedby the ZC sequence in time domain at any two degrees of frequencyoffset.

Embodiment 15

When the maximum degree of frequency offset is 1 time of the sub-carrierspacing of the random access channel, during the random access process,a cyclic shift sequence of a ZC sequence having a length of N_(zc) isused as a preamble sequence, and the uth (where 1≤U≤N_(zc)−1) rootsequence is:

${{x_{u}(n)} = e^{{- j}\frac{\pi \; u\; {n{({n + 1})}}}{N_{ZC}}}},{0 \leq n \leq {N_{ZC} - 1}}$

where u is the index of the ZC sequence.

With regard to the uth ZC root sequence, when the degree of frequencyoffset is +1 time of the sub-carrier spacing of the random accesschannel, a cyclic shift having a size of d_(u1) ⁺=(1/u)mod N_(zc) isgenerated by the ZC sequence in time domain; and when the degree offrequency offset is −1 time of the sub-carrier spacing of the randomaccess channel, a cyclic shift having a size of d_(u1) ⁻=(−1/u)modN_(zc) is generated by the ZC sequence in time domain.

During the detection of the preamble sequence, due to the distortion ofthe cyclic shift, false alarm peaks will be generated in the Power DelayProfile (PDP), and wrong cyclic shift duplicate windows thus occur. Asshown in FIG. 41, in an actual system, there will be positive frequencyoffset signals and negative frequency offset signals, so that there willbe two wrong cyclic shift search windows. Wherein, C₀ denotes a correctoriginal cyclic shift search window, C₄ denotes a wrong duplicate searchwindow caused by the negative frequency offset, and denotes a wrongduplicate search window caused by the positive frequency offset.

In this case, in order to avoid the mutual interference betweensequences generated by a same root ZC sequence cyclic shift, thepreamble sequence N_(cs) needs to satisfy the following conditions:wrong search windows C⁻¹ and C₊₁ of any cyclic shift ZC sequence are notoverlapped with each other, not overlapped with the windows C⁻¹, C₀ andC₊₁ of other cyclic shift ZC sequences, and not overlapped with thecorrect cyclic shift search window C₀ of this cyclic shift ZC sequence.This is defined as follows:

$d_{u} = \left\{ \begin{matrix}d_{u\; 1}^{+} & {0 \leq d_{u\; 1}^{+} < {N_{ZC}/2}} \\{N_{ZC} - d_{u\; 1}^{+}} & {otherwise}\end{matrix} \right.$

where d_(u1) ⁺=(1/u)mod N_(zc). The final preamble sequence cyclic shiftN_(cs) needs to satisfy the following condition:

N _(cs) ≤d _(u)≤(N _(zc) −N _(cs))/2

It is to be noted that, for different cell coverage demands, theconditions to be further satisfied by the preamble sequence cyclic shiftN_(cs) are the same as the conditions described in Embodiment 14.

Based on the above conditions, the method for configuring a preamblesequence cyclic shift set specifically comprises the following steps:

step A (initial setting): the maximum number of allowable preamblesequence cyclic shifts N_(cs) is determined as P;

step B: based on the length N_(zc) of the ZC sequence, all indexes u(1≤u≤N_(zc)−1) of the ZC sequence are selected;

step C: for different indexes u of the ZC sequence and the degree offrequency offset, the value ranges of preamble sequence cyclic shiftsN_(cs) corresponding to all the indexes u of the ZC sequence arecalculated, respectively; and

step D: based on the N_(zc)−1 value ranges of preamble sequence cyclicshifts N_(cs) obtained in the step C, the indexes u of the ZC sequenceare classified into Q groups (Q≤P), the value ranges of preamblesequence cyclic shifts N_(cs) corresponding to the groups areapproximate to each other, and the intersection of the value ranges isnot a null set. Based on different cell coverage demands, a preamblesequence cyclic shift N_(cs) is selected from each common value range ofpreamble sequence cyclic shifts N_(cs) to generate a final preamblesequence cyclic shift set containing Q elements, and each preamblesequence cyclic shift N_(cs) is allocated with a unique index. The indexNo. is from 0 to Q−1.

During the selection of a preamble sequence cyclic shift N_(cs) fromeach common value range of preamble sequence cyclic shifts N_(cs), theselected preamble sequence cyclic shift N_(cs) can be a preamblesequence cyclic shift N_(cs) having a minimum value. Of course, theselection of the preamble sequence cyclic shift N_(cs) is not limitedthereto.

In this embodiment, when the preset generation conditions are the ZCsequence and the degree of frequency offset, in the step 601 of FIG. 38,all values of preamble sequence cyclic shifts N_(cs) are determinedaccording to the ZC sequence and the degree of frequency offset,specifically:

Calculating all values of preamble sequence cyclic shifts N_(cs)corresponding to the uth ZC sequence, according to the ZC sequence andthe degree of frequency offset, and classifying the u calculated valuesof preamble sequence cyclic shifts N_(cs) into Q groups according to apreset value range of the preamble sequence cyclic shifts N_(cs).

Step 602: A preset number of preamble sequence cyclic shifts N_(cs) areselected from all values of preamble sequence cyclic shifts N_(cs) togenerate a preamble sequence cyclic shift set, which specificallycomprises:

A preset number of preamble sequence cyclic shifts N_(cs) are selectedfrom all values of preamble sequence cyclic shifts N_(cs) in each of theQ groups to generate a preamble sequence cyclic shift set.

The maximum number of preamble sequence cyclic shifts N_(cs) in thepreamble sequence cyclic shift set is P, where P≥1; and, the selectionof a preset number of preamble sequence cyclic shifts N_(cs) frompreamble sequence cyclic shifts N_(cs) in each of the Q groupscomprises: selecting zero preamble sequence cyclic shift N_(cs) or atleast one preamble sequence cyclic shift N_(cs).

In Embodiment 15, in the situation where the maximum degree of frequencyoffset is 1 time of the sub-carrier spacing of the random accesschannel, the following detailed description will be given by severalspecific implementations.

Specific Embodiment 17

A cyclic shift sequence of a ZC sequence having a length of N_(zc)=135is used as a preamble sequence; and when the sub-carrier spacing of therandom access channel is Δf=7.5 kHz, Δf=15 kHz, Δf=30 kHz, Δf=60 kHz orΔf=120 kHz, a preferred method for configuring a preamble sequencecyclic shift set specifically comprises the following steps.

The maximum number of allowable preamble sequence cyclic shifts N_(cs)is determined as 16.

When the length of the ZC root sequence is N_(zc) and the root sequenceindex is u, the maximum value of each preamble sequence cyclic shiftN_(cs) is S(u). With regard to the root sequence index u (1≤u≤138) ofthe ZC sequence, the maximum value S(u) of each preamble sequence cyclicshift N_(cs) is calculated, and the calculation result is shown in Table18.

TABLE 18 Maximum value S(u) of each preamble sequence cyclic shiftN_(cs) U 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 S(u) 1 1 46 35 28 23 20 35 31 14 3823 U 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 S(u) 32 10 37 26 41 31 22 7 3319 6 29 U 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 S(u) 39 16 36 5 24 37 9 1321 45 4 27 U 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 S(u) 15 11 25 7 17 4342 19 34 3 3 29 U 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 S(u) 17 25 30 8 2118 43 5 39 12 33 44 U 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 S(u) 41 9 1113 15 40 27 45 2 2 45 27 U 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 S(u) 4015 13 11 9 41 44 33 12 39 5 43 U 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96S(u) 18 21 8 30 25 17 29 3 3 34 19 42 U 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105106 107 108 S(u) 43 17 7 25 11 15 27 4 45 21 13 9 U 109 110 111 112 113114 115 116 117 118 119 120 S(u) 37 24 5 36 16 39 29 6 19 33 7 22 U 121122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 S(u) 31 41 26 37 10 32 23 3814 31 35 20 U 133 134 135 136 137 138 S(u) 23 28 35 46 1 1

According to the calculation result of the maximum value of eachpreamble sequence cyclic shift N_(cs), the ZC root sequence indexes areclassified into 12 groups. The specific grouping situation and thecommon value range of each group of preamble sequence cyclic shiftsN_(cs) are shown in Table 19.

TABLE 19 Grouping situation of maximum values of preamble sequencecyclic shifts N_(CS) Common value range of N_(CS) ZC root sequence index=1 1, 138, 2, 137, 69, 70 ≤3 46, 93, 47, 92, 35, 104 ≤5 28, 111, 56, 83,23, 116 ≤7 20, 119, 40, 99, 52, 87 ≤9 31, 108, 62, 77, 14, 125 ≤11 38,101, 63, 76, 58, 81 ≤13 32, 107, 64, 75, 10, 129, 37, 102, 65, 74 ≤1626, 113, 41, 98, 49, 90, 54, 85, 22, 117, 44, 95 ≤20 7, 132, 33, 106,53, 86, 19, 120, 6, 133, 12, 127 ≤24 29, 110, 39, 100, 50, 89, 16, 123,36, 103, 67, 72, 5, 134, 24, 115, 48, 91 ≤30 51, 88, 9, 130, 18, 121,13, 126, 21, 118, 59, 80, 45, 94, 4, 135, 8, 131, 27, 112 ≤37 15, 124,30, 109, 11, 128, 25, 114, 57, 82, 66, 73, 17, 122, 61, 78, 43, 96, 42,97, 55, 84, 60, 79, 34, 105, 68, 71, 3, 136

Based on the result of grouping, the first group is discarded, and themaximum values of preamble sequence cyclic shifts N_(cs) are selectedfrom the value ranges of preamble sequence cyclic shifts N_(cs) in theremaining 11 groups to form a preamble sequence cyclic shift set {3, 5,7, 9, 11, 13, 16, 20, 24, 30, 37}. In the order from the smallest tolargest values of the preamble sequence cyclic shifts N_(cs), indexes 0to 10 are allocated for the preamble sequence cyclic shifts N_(cs),respectively. The eventually generated preamble sequence cyclic shiftset is shown in Table 20.

TABLE 20 Preamble sequence cyclic shift set N_(CS) configuration N_(CS)value 0 3 1 5 2 7 3 9 4 11 5 13 6 16 7 20 8 24 9 30 10 37 11 — 12 — 13 —14 — 15 —

Specific Embodiment 18

Based on the specific embodiments 3 and 4, in this specific embodiment,a cyclic shift sequence of a ZC sequence having a length of N_(zc)=139is used as a preamble sequence; and when the sub-carrier spacing of therandom access channel is Δf=7.5 kHz, Δf=15 kHz, Δf=30 kHz, Δf=60 kHz orΔf=120 kHz, a preferred method for configuring a preamble sequencecyclic shift set specifically comprises the following steps.

The maximum number of allowable preamble sequence cyclic shifts N_(cs)is determined as 16.

Based on the cell coverage demand, the value of the ZC sequence indexand other conditions and in combination with different degrees offrequency offset, a preamble sequence cyclic shift set when there is no(or negligible) frequency offset and a preamble sequence cyclic shiftset when the maximum frequency offset is 1 time of the sub-carrierspacing of the random access channel are generated, respectively. Theeventually generated preamble sequence cyclic shift sets are shown inTable 21. In Table 21, the set 0 represents a preamble sequence cyclicshift set when there is no or negligible frequency offset, and the set 1represents a preamble sequence cyclic shift set when the maximumfrequency offset is 1 time of the sub-carrier spacing of the randomaccess channel.

TABLE 21 Preamble sequence cyclic shift sets N_(CS) value N_(CS)configuration Set 0 Set 1 0 2 3 1 4 5 2 6 7 3 8 9 4 10 11 5 12 13 6 1516 7 18 20 8 22 24 9 26 30 10 31 37 11 36 — 12 — — 13 — — 14 — — 15 — —

Specific Embodiment 19

A cyclic shift sequence of a ZC sequence having a length of N_(zc)=839is used as a preamble sequence; and when the sub-carrier spacing of therandom access channel is Δf=1.25 kHz, Δf=2.5 kHz or Δf=5 kHz, apreferred method for configuring a preamble sequence cyclic shift setspecifically comprises the following steps.

The maximum number of allowable preamble sequence cyclic shifts N_(cs)is determined as 16.

When the length of the ZC root sequence is N_(zc) and the root sequenceindex is u, the maximum value of each preamble sequence cyclic shiftN_(cs) is S(u). With regard to the root sequence index u (1≤u≤838) ofthe ZC sequence, the maximum value N_(cs) of each preamble sequencecyclic shift S(u) is calculated, and the calculation result is shown inTable 22.

TABLE 22 Maximum value S(u) of each preamble sequence cyclic shiftN_(cs) U 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 S(u) 1 1 279 210 168 140 120 105 93 84 U11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 S(u) 229 70 129 60 56 105 148 233 265 42 U21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 S(u) 40 267 73 35 235 129 31 30 29 28 U 3132 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 S(u) 27 236 178 74 24 233 68 265 43 21 U 4142 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 S(u) 266 20 39 267 261 73 125 35 137 151 U 5152 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 S(u) 181 242 95 202 61 15 103 217 128 14 U 6162 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 S(u) 55 203 253 118 142 89 263 37 231 12 U 7172 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 S(u) 130 268 23 34 179 276 207 43 223 21 U 8182 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 S(u) 145 133 91 10 227 39 135 143 66 261 U 9192 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 S(u) 83 228 9 241 53 201 173 137 161 151 U101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 S(u) 108 255 57 121 8 95 149 101254 61 U 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 S(u) 257 15 245 184 197217 251 64 141 7 U 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 S(u) 104 55191 203 47 273 218 59 13 71 U 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140S(u) 269 89 82 144 87 37 49 152 169 6 U 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148149 150 S(u) 119 65 88 134 81 23 234 17 107 179 U 151 152 153 154 155156 157 158 159 160 S(u) 50 138 170 158 249 199 171 154 248 215 U 161162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 S(u) 99 145 175 133 239 187 211 5139 153 U 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 S(u) 157 200 97 135163 143 237 33 75 275 U 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 S(u) 51189 243 114 195 212 166 241 182 53 U 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199200 S(u) 123 201 213 173 185 244 115 250 156 172 U 201 202 203 204 205206 207 208 209 210 S(u) 96 54 62 255 221 224 77 121 277 4 U 211 212 213214 215 216 217 218 219 220 S(u) 167 186 193 247 160 101 58 127 272 225U 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 S(u) 205 257 79 206 220 271 8592 11 259 U 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 S(u) 69 264 18 14725 32 177 141 165 7 U 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 S(u) 94 52183 196 113 191 214 159 155 198 U 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259260 S(u) 117 273 63 109 102 59 111 13 230 71 U 261 262 263 264 265 266267 268 269 270 S(u) 45 269 67 232 19 41 22 72 131 87 U 271 272 273 274275 276 277 278 279 280 S(u) 226 219 126 49 180 76 209 169 3 3 U 281 282283 284 285 286 287 288 289 290 S(u) 209 119 252 65 262 44 38 67 90 81 U291 292 293 294 295 296 297 298 299 300 S(u) 222 204 63 117 219 17 113183 188 165 U 301 302 303 304 305 306 307 308 309 310 S(u) 131 25 36 6911 85 41 79 19 249 U 311 312 313 314 315 316 317 318 319 320 S(u) 116199 193 171 277 77 45 124 192 215 U 321 322 323 324 325 326 327 328 329330 S(u) 115 185 213 246 111 175 195 243 51 150 U 331 332 333 334 335336 337 338 339 340 S(u) 109 187 194 211 278 5 239 139 99 153 U 341 342343 344 345 346 347 348 349 350 S(u) 155 157 159 100 107 97 162 176 238163 U 351 352 353 354 355 356 357 358 359 360 S(u) 98 174 164 237 26 3347 75 208 275 U 361 362 363 364 365 366 367 368 369 370 S(u) 251 197 245189 177 149 16 57 216 161 U 371 372 373 374 375 376 377 378 379 380 S(u)147 106 9 83 132 270 227 91 259 223 U 381 382 383 384 385 386 387 388389 390 S(u) 207 123 46 260 231 263 271 253 110 256 U 391 392 393 394395 396 397 398 399 400 S(u) 103 122 190 181 274 125 205 78 225 86 U 401402 403 404 405 406 407 408 409 410 S(u) 136 48 127 27 29 31 235 146 80221 U 411 412 413 414 415 416 417 418 419 420 S(u) 247 112 258 229 93240 167 279 2 2 U 421 422 423 424 425 426 427 428 429 430 S(u) 279 167240 93 229 258 112 247 221 80 U 431 432 433 434 435 436 437 438 439 440S(u) 146 235 31 29 27 127 48 136 86 225 U 441 442 443 444 445 446 447448 449 450 S(u) 78 205 125 274 181 190 122 103 256 110 U 451 452 453454 455 456 457 458 459 460 S(u) 253 271 263 231 260 46 123 207 223 259U 461 462 463 464 465 466 467 468 469 470 S(u) 91 227 270 132 83 9 106147 161 216 U 471 472 473 474 475 476 477 478 479 480 S(u) 57 16 149 177189 245 197 251 275 208 U 481 482 483 484 485 486 487 488 489 490 S(u)75 47 33 26 237 164 174 98 163 238 U 491 492 493 494 495 496 497 498 499500 S(u) 176 162 97 107 100 159 157 155 153 99 U 501 502 503 504 505 506507 508 509 510 S(u) 139 239 5 278 211 194 187 109 150 51 U 511 512 513514 515 516 517 518 519 520 S(u) 243 195 175 111 246 213 185 115 215 192U 521 522 523 524 525 526 527 528 529 530 S(u) 124 45 77 277 171 193 199116 249 19 U 531 532 533 534 535 536 537 538 539 540 S(u) 79 41 85 11 6936 25 131 165 188 U 541 542 543 544 545 546 547 548 549 550 S(u) 183 11317 219 117 63 204 222 81 90 U 551 552 553 554 555 556 557 558 559 560S(u) 67 38 44 262 65 252 119 209 3 3 U 561 562 563 564 565 566 567 568569 570 S(u) 169 209 76 180 49 126 219 226 87 131 U 571 572 573 574 575576 577 578 579 580 S(u) 72 22 41 19 232 67 269 45 71 230 U 581 582 583584 585 586 587 588 589 590 S(u) 13 111 59 102 109 63 273 117 198 155 U591 592 593 594 595 596 597 598 599 600 S(u) 159 214 191 113 196 183 5294 7 165 U 601 602 603 604 605 606 607 608 609 610 S(u) 141 177 32 25147 18 264 69 259 11 U 611 612 613 614 615 616 617 618 619 620 S(u) 9285 271 220 206 79 257 205 225 272 U 621 622 623 624 625 626 627 628 629630 S(u) 127 58 101 160 247 193 186 167 4 277 U 631 632 633 634 635 636637 638 639 640 S(u) 121 77 224 221 255 62 54 96 172 156 U 641 642 643644 645 646 647 648 649 650 S(u) 250 115 244 185 173 213 201 123 53 182U 651 652 653 654 655 656 657 658 659 660 S(u) 241 166 212 195 114 243189 51 275 75 U 661 662 663 664 665 666 667 668 669 670 S(u) 33 237 143163 135 97 200 157 153 139 U 671 672 673 674 675 676 677 678 679 680S(u) 5 211 187 239 133 175 145 99 215 248 U 681 682 683 684 685 686 687688 689 690 S(u) 154 171 199 249 158 170 138 50 179 107 U 691 692 693694 695 696 697 698 699 700 S(u) 17 234 23 81 134 88 65 119 6 169 U 701702 703 704 705 706 707 708 709 710 S(u) 152 49 37 87 144 82 89 269 7113 U 711 712 713 714 715 716 717 718 719 720 S(u) 59 218 273 47 203 19155 104 7 141 U 721 722 723 724 725 726 727 728 729 730 S(u) 64 251 217197 184 245 15 257 61 254 U 731 732 733 734 735 736 737 738 739 740 S(u)101 149 95 8 121 57 255 108 151 161 U 741 742 743, 744 745 746 747 748749 750 S(u) 137 173 201 53 241 9 228 83 261 66 U 751 752 753 754 755756 757 758 759 760 S(u) 143 135 39 227 10 91 133 145 21 223 U 761 762763 764 765 766 767 768 769 770 S(u) 43 207 276 179 34 23 268 130 12 231U 771 772 773 774 775 776 777 778 779 780 S(u) 37 263 89 142 118 253 20355 14 128 U 781 782 783 784 785 786 787 788 789 790 S(u) 217 103 15 61202 95 242 181 151 137 U 791 792 793 794 795 796 797 798 799 800 S(u) 35125 73 261 267 39 20 266 21 43 U 801 802 803 804 805 806 807 808 809 810S(u) 265 68 233 24 74 178 236 27 28 29 U 811 812 813 814 815 816 817 818819 820 S(u) 30 31 129 235 35 73 267 40 42 265 U 821 822 823 824 825 826827 828 829 830 S(u) 233 148 105 56 60 129 70 229 84 93 U 831 832 833834 835 836 837 838 S(u) 105 120 140 168 210 279 1 1

According to the calculation result of the maximum value of eachpreamble sequence cyclic shift N_(cs), the ZC root sequence indexes areclassified into 14 groups. The specific grouping situation and thecommon value range of each group of preamble sequence cyclic shiftsN_(cs) are shown in Table 23.

TABLE 23 Grouping situation of maximum values of preamble sequencecyclic shifts N_(CS) Common value range of N_(CS) ZC root sequence index=1 1 2 837 838 419 420 279 280 559 560 210 629 168 336 503 671 140 699120 240 599 719 105 734 93 373 466 746 84 755 229 305 534 610 70 769 129258 581 710 60 779 56 112 727 783 367 472 148 296 543 691 233 606 ≤19265 309 530 574 42 797 40 80 759 799 ≤22 267 572 73 146 693 766 35 804235 302 537 604 ≤26 355 484 31 404 435 808 30 809 29 405 434 810 28 811≤31 27 406 433 812 236 603 178 356 483 661 74 765 24 48 791 815 ≤36 303536 68 136 703 771 287 552 43 86 753 796 21 818 ≤41 266 307 532 573 20819 39 78 761 800 286 553 261 317 522 578 ≤46 383 456 125 357 482 714402 437 137 274 565 702 151 688 181 329 510 658 242 597 95 190 649 744202 637 ≤55 61 122 717 778 15 824 103 368 471 736 217 622 128 256 583711 14 825 55 110 729 784 203 636 253 293 546 586 118 721 142 284 555697 89 750 263 288 551 576 ≤68 37 802 231 304 535 608 12 827 130 260 579709 268 571 23 46 793 816 34 805 179 358 481 660 276 563 207 316 523 632398 441 223 308 531 616 409 430 145 290 549 694 ≤82 133 706 91 374 465748 10 829 227 306 533 612 400 439 135 270 569 704 143 696 66 132 707773 289 550 83 378 461 756 228 611 9 415 424 830 241 598 53 106 733 786201 638 173 346 493 666 351 488 161 339 500 678 ≤100 344 495 108 216 623731 255 584 57 391 448 782 121 718 8 16 823 831 372 467 149 345 494 690101 738 254 331 508 585 389 450 257 325 514 582 412 427 245 297 542 594184 655 197 321 518 642 311 528 251 294 545 588 64 775 141 282 557 698 7832 104 208 631 735 392 447 191 382 457 648 318 521 47 396 443 792 273566 218 403 436 621 ≤128 59 780 13 26 813 826 71 768 269 301 538 570 375464 82 164 675 757 144 695 87 174 665 752 401 438 49 98 741 790 152 687169 338 501 670 6 833 119 238 601 720 65 774 88 176 663 751 134 705 81162 677 758 408 431 234 371 468 605 17 822 107 366 473 732 330 509 50100 739 789 138 701 170 340 499 669 158 681 249 341 498 590 199 640 171342 497 668 ≤158 154 685 248 343 496 591 215 624 99 370 469 740 347 492175 350 489 664 353 486 239 300 539 600 187 652 211 417 422 628 5 834139 278 561 700 153 686 157 314 525 682 200 639 97 194 645 742 352 487163 326 513 676 348 491 237 365 474 602 33 806 75 150 689 764 275 564 51394 445 788 189 650 243 298 541 596 114 725 195 322 517 644 212 627 166332 507 673 299 540 182 364 475 657 393 446 123 246 593 716 319 520 213313 526 626 333 506 185 327 512 654 244 595 115 362 477 724 250 589 156312 527 683 172 667 96 192 647 743 ≤202 54 785 62 124 715 777 292 547221 397 442 618 224 615 77 381 458 762 359 480 277 281 558 562 4 835 167334 505 672 186 653 193 323 516 646 247 592 160 320 519 679 369 470 58116 723 781 127 712 272 295 544 567 225 614 205 410 429 634 291 548 79380 459 760 206 633 220 399 440 619 271 568 85 377 462 754 92 747 11 414425 828 259 580 69 385 454 770 264 575 18 36 803 821 147 692 25 407 432814 32 807 ≤237 177 354 485 662 349 490 165 337 502 674 416 423 94 188651 745 52 787 183 328 511 656 196 643 113 363 476 726 324 515 214 411428 625 159 680 155 310 529 684 198 641 117 361 478 722 283 556 63 388451 776 109 730 102 204 635 737 390 449 111 222 617 728 413 426 230 379460 609 384 455 45 90 749 794 285 554 67 386 453 772 232 607 19 38 801820 41 798 22 44 795 817 72 767 131 262 577 708 376 463 226 387 452 613219 620 126 252 587 713 395 444 180 360 479 659 76 763 209 315 524 630335 504 3 418 421 836

Based on the result of grouping, the first group is discarded, and themaximum values of preamble sequence cyclic shifts N_(cs) are selectedfrom the value ranges of preamble sequence cyclic shifts N_(cs) in theremaining 15 groups to form a preamble sequence cyclic shift set {19,22, 26, 31, 36, 41, 46, 55, 68, 82, 100, 128, 158, 202, 237}. In theorder from the smallest to largest values of the preamble sequencecyclic shifts N_(cs), indexes 0 to 15 are allocated for the preamblesequence cyclic shifts N_(cs), respectively. The eventually generatedpreamble sequence cyclic shift set is shown in Table 24.

TABLE 24 Preamble sequence cyclic shift set N_(CS) configuration N_(CS)value 0 19 1 22 2 26 3 31 4 36 5 41 6 46 7 55 8 68 9 82 10 100 11 128 12158 13 202 14 237 15 —

Specific Embodiment 20

Based on the specific embodiments 1 and 6, a cyclic shift sequence of aZC sequence having a length of N_(zc)=839 is used as a preamblesequence; and when the sub-carrier spacing of the random access channelis Δf=1.25 kHz, Δf=2.5 kHz, Δf=5 kHz, a preferred method for configuringa preamble sequence cyclic shift set specifically comprises thefollowing steps.

The maximum number of allowable preamble sequence cyclic shifts N_(cs)is determined as 16.

Based on the cell coverage demand, the value of the ZC sequence indexand other conditions and in combination with different degrees offrequency offset, a preamble sequence cyclic shift set when there is no(or negligible) frequency offset and a preamble sequence cyclic shiftset when the maximum frequency offset is 1 time of the sub-carrierspacing of the random access channel are generated, respectively. Theeventually generated preamble sequence cyclic shift sets are shown inTable 25. In Table 25, the set 0 represents a preamble sequence cyclicshift set when there is no or negligible frequency offset, and the set 1represents a preamble sequence cyclic shift set when the maximumfrequency offset is 1 time of the sub-carrier spacing of the randomaccess channel.

TABLE 25 Preamble sequence cyclic shift sets N_(CS) value N_(CS)configuration Set 0 Set 1 0 0 19 1 17 22 2 19 26 3 22 31 4 26 36 5 31 416 36 46 7 41 55 8 46 68 9 59 82 10 76 100 11 93 128 12 119 158 13 167202 14 279 237 15 419 —

Specific Embodiment 21

A cyclic shift sequence of a ZC sequence having a length of N_(zc)=839is used as a preamble sequence; and when the sub-carrier spacing of therandom access channel is Δf=1.25 kHz, Δf=2.5 kHz or Δf=5 kHz, apreferred method for configuring a preamble sequence cyclic shift setspecifically comprises the following steps.

The maximum number of allowable preamble sequence cyclic shifts N_(cs)is determined as 16.

When the length of the ZC root sequence is N_(zc) and the root sequenceindex is u, the maximum value of each preamble sequence cyclic shiftN_(cs) is S(u). With regard to the root sequence index u (1≤u≤838) ofthe ZC sequence, the maximum value N_(cs) of each preamble sequencecyclic shift S(u) is calculated, and the calculation result is shown inTable 26.

TABLE 26 Maximum value S(u) of each preamble sequence cyclic shiftN_(cs) U 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 S(u) 1 1 279 210 168 140 120 105 93 84 U11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 S(u) 229 70 129 60 56 105 148 233 265 42 U21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 S(u) 40 267 73 35 235 129 31 30 29 28 U 3132 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 S(u) 27 236 178 74 24 233 68 265 43 21 U 4142 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 S(u) 266 20 39 267 261 73 125 35 137 151 U 5152 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 S(u) 181 242 95 202 61 15 103 217 128 14 U 6162 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 S(u) 55 203 253 118 142 89 263 37 231 12 U 7172 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 S(u) 130 268 23 34 179 276 207 43 223 21 U 8182 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 S(u) 145 133 91 10 227 39 135 143 66 261 U 9192 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 S(u) 83 228 9 241 53 201 173 137 161 151 U101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 S(u) 108 255 57 121 8 95 149 101254 61 U 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 S(u) 257 15 245 184 197217 251 64 141 7 U 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 S(u) 104 55191 203 47 273 218 59 13 71 U 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140S(u) 269 89 82 144 87 37 49 152 169 6 U 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148149 150 S(u) 119 65 88 134 81 23 234 17 107 179 U 151 152 153 154 155156 157 158 159 160 S(u) 50 138 170 158 249 199 171 154 248 215 U 161162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 S(u) 99 145 175 133 239 187 211 5139 153 U 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 S(u) 157 200 97 135163 143 237 33 75 275 U 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 S(u) 51189 243 114 195 212 166 241 182 53 U 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199200 S(u) 123 201 213 173 185 244 115 250 156 172 U 201 202 203 204 205206 207 208 209 210 S(u) 96 54 62 255 221 224 77 121 277 4 U 211 212 213214 215 216 217 218 219 220 S(u) 167 186 193 247 160 101 58 127 272 225U 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 S(u) 205 257 79 206 220 271 8592 11 259 U 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 S(u) 69 264 18 14725 32 177 141 165 7 U 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 S(u) 94 52183 196 113 191 214 159 155 198 U 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259260 S(u) 117 273 63 109 102 59 111 13 230 71 U 261 262 263 264 265 266267 268 269 270 S(u) 45 269 67 232 19 41 22 72 131 87 U 271 272 273 274275 276 277 278 279 280 S(u) 226 219 126 49 180 76 209 169 3 3 U 281 282283 284 285 286 287 288 289 290 S(u) 209 119 252 65 262 44 38 67 90 81 U291 292 293 294 295 296 297 298 299 300 S(u) 222 204 63 117 219 17 113183 188 165 U 301 302 303 304 305 306 307 308 309 310 S(u) 131 25 36 6911 85 41 79 19 249 U 311 312 313 314 315 316 317 318 319 320 S(u) 116199 193 171 277 77 45 124 192 215 U 321 322 323 324 325 326 327 328 329330 S(u) 115 185 213 246 111 175 195 243 51 150 U 331 332 333 334 335336 337 338 339 340 S(u) 109 187 194 211 278 5 239 139 99 153 U 341 342343 344 345 346 347 348 349 350 S(u) 155 157 159 100 107 97 162 176 238163 U 351 352 353 354 355 356 357 358 359 360 S(u) 98 174 164 237 26 3347 75 208 275 U 361 362 363 364 365 366 367 368 369 370 S(u) 251 197 245189 177 149 16 57 216 161 U 371 372 373 374 375 376 377 378 379 380 S(u)147 106 9 83 132 270 227 91 259 223 U 381 382 383 384 385 386 387 388389 390 S(u) 207 123 46 260 231 263 271 253 110 256 U 391 392 393 394395 396 397 398 399 400 S(u) 103 122 190 181 274 125 205 78 225 86 U 401402 403 404 405 406 407 408 409 410 S(u) 136 48 127 27 29 31 235 146 80221 U 411 412 413 414 415 416 417 418 419 420 S(u) 247 112 258 229 93240 167 279 2 2 U 421 422 423 424 425 426 427 428 429 430 S(u) 279 167240 93 229 258 112 247 221 80 U 431 432 433 434 435 436 437 438 439 440S(u) 146 235 31 29 27 127 48 136 86 225 U 441 442 443 444 445 446 447448 449 450 S(u) 78 205 125 274 181 190 122 103 256 110 U 451 452 453454 455 456 457 458 459 460 S(u) 253 271 263 231 260 46 123 207 223 259U 461 462 463 464 465 466 467 468 469 470 S(u) 91 227 270 132 83 9 106147 161 216 U 471 472 473 474 475 476 477 478 479 480 S(u) 57 16 149 177189 245 197 251 275 208 U 481 482 483 484 485 486 487 488 489 490 S(u)75 47 33 26 237 164 174 98 163 238 U 491 492 493 494 495 496 497 498 499500 S(u) 176 162 97 107 100 159 157 155 153 99 U 501 502 503 504 505 506507 508 509 510 S(u) 139 239 5 278 211 194 187 109 150 51 U 511 512 513514 515 516 517 518 519 520 S(u) 243 195 175 111 246 213 185 115 215 192U 521 522 523 524 525 526 527 528 529 530 S(u) 124 45 77 277 171 193 199116 249 19 U 531 532 533 534 535 536 537 538 539 540 S(u) 79 41 85 11 6936 25 131 165 188 U 541 542 543 544 545 546 547 548 549 550 S(u) 183 11317 219 117 63 204 222 81 90 U 551 552 553 554 555 556 557 558 559 560S(u) 67 38 44 262 65 252 119 209 3 3 U 561 562 563 564 565 566 567 568569 570 S(u) 169 209 76 180 49 126 219 226 87 131 U 571 572 573 574 575576 577 578 579 580 S(u) 72 22 41 19 232 67 269 45 71 230 U 581 582 583584 585 586 587 588 589 590 S(u) 13 111 59 102 109 63 273 117 198 155 U591 592 593 594 595 596 597 598 599 600 S(u) 159 214 191 113 196 183 5294 7 165 U 601 602 603 604 605 606 607 608 609 610 S(u) 141 177 32 25147 18 264 69 259 11 U 611 612 613 614 615 616 617 618 619 620 S(u) 9285 271 220 206 79 257 205 225 272 U 621 622 623 624 625 626 627 628 629630 S(u) 127 58 101 160 247 193 186 167 4 277 U 631 632 633 634 635 636637 638 639 640 S(u) 121 77 224 221 255 62 54 96 172 156 U 641 642 643644 645 646 647 648 649 650 S(u) 250 115 244 185 173 213 201 123 53 182U 651 652 653 654 655 656 657 658 659 660 S(u) 241 166 212 195' 114 243189 51 275 75 U 661 662 663 664 665 666 667 668 669 670 S(u) 33 237 143163 135 97 200 157 153 139 U 671 672 673 674 675 676 677 678 679 680S(u) 5 211 187 239 133 175 145 99 215 248 U 681 682 683 684 685 686 687688 689 690 S(u) 154 171 199 249 158 170 138 50 179 107 U 691 692 693694 695 696 697 698 699 700 S(u) 17 234 23 81 134 88 65 119 6 169 U 701702 703 704 705 706 707 708 709 710 S(u) 152 49 37 87 144 82 89 269 7113 U 711 712 713 714 715 716 717 718 719 720 S(u) 59 218 273 47 203 19155 104 7 141 U 721 722 723 724 725 726 727 728 729 730 S(u) 64 251 217197 184 245 15 257 61 254 U 731 732 733 734 735 736 737 738 739 740 S(u)101 149 95 8 121 57 255 108 151 161 U 741 742 743 744 745 746 747 748749 750 S(u) 137 173 201 53 241 9 228 83 261 66 U 751 752 753 754 755756 757 758 759 760 S(u) 143 135 39 227 10 91 133 145 21 223 U 761 762763 764 765 766 767 768 769 770 S(u) 43 207 276 179 34 23 268 130 12 231U 771 772 773 774 775 776 777 778 779 780 S(u) 37 263 89 142 118 253 20355 14 128 U 781 782 783 784 785 786 787 788 789 790 S(u) 217 103 15 61202 95 242 181 151 137 U 791 792 793 794 795 796 797 798 799 800 S(u) 35125 73 261 267 39 20 266 21 43 U 801 802 803 804 805 806 807 808 809 810S(u) 265 68 233 24 74 178 236 27 28 29 U 811 812 813 814 815 816 817 818819 820 S(u) 30 31 129 235 35 73 267 40 42 265 U 821 822 823 824 825 826827 828 829 830 S(u) 233 148 105 56 60 129 70 229 84 93 U 831 832 833834 835 836 837 838 S(u) 105 120 140 168 210 279 1 1

According to the calculation result of the maximum value of eachpreamble sequence cyclic shift N_(cs), the ZC root sequence indexes areclassified into 14 groups. The specific grouping situation and thecommon value range of each group of preamble sequence cyclic shiftsN_(cs) are shown in Table 27.

TABLE 27 Grouping situation of maximum values of preamble sequencecyclic shifts N_(CS) Common value range of N_(CS) ZC sequence index =1 12 837 838 419 420 279 280 559 560 210 629 168 336 503 671 140 699 120240 599 719 105 734 93 373 466 746 84 755 229 305 534 610 70 769 129 258581 710 60 779 56 112 727 783 367 472 148 296 543 691 233 606 265 309530 574 42 797 40 80 759 799 267 572 73 146 693 766 35 804 235 302 537604 355 484 31 404 435 808 ≤28 30 809 29 405 434 810 28 811 ≤31 27 406433 812 236 603 178 356 483 661 ≤34 74 765 24 48 791 815 303 536 68 136703 771 ≤38 287 552 43 86 753 796 21 818 266 307 532 573 20 819 39 78761 800 ≤44 286 553 261 317 522 578 383 456 125 357 482 714 402 437 137274 565 702 151 688 ≤51 181 329 510 658 242 597 95 190 649 744 202 63761 122 717 778 15 824 103 368 471 736 ≤58 217 622 128 256 583 711 14 82555 110 729 784 203 636 253 293 546 586 118 721 142 284 555 697 89 750≤67 263 288 551 576 37 802 231 304 535 608 12 827 130 260 579 709 268571 23 46 793 816 34 805 179 358 481 660 ≤76 276 563 207 316 523 632 398441 223 308 531 616 409 430 145 290 549 694 133 706 91 374 465 748 10829 227 306 533 612 ≤86 400 439 135 270 569 704 143 696 66 132 707 773289 550 83 378 461 756 228 611 9 415 424 830 241 598 53 106 733 786 201638 173 346 493 666 351 488 161 339 500 678 ≤100 344 495 108 216 623 731255 584 57 391 448 782 121 718 8 16 823 831 372 467 149 345 494 690 101738 254 331 508 585 389 450 257 325 514 582 412 427 245 297 542 594 184655 197 321 518 642 311 528 251 294 545 588 64 775 141 282 557 698 7 832104 208 631 735 392 447 191 382 457 648 318 521 47 396 443 792 273 566218 403 436 621 ≤128 59 780 13 26 813 826 71 768 269 301 538 570 375 46482 164 675 757 144 695 87 174 665 752 401 438 49 98 741 790 152 687 169338 501 670 6 833 119 238 601 720 65 774 88 176 663 751 134 705 81 162677 758 408 431 234 371 468 605 17 822 107 366 473 732 330 509 50 100739 789 138 701 170 340 499 669 158 681 249 341 498 590 199 640 171 342497 668 ≤158 154 685 248 343 496 591 215 624 99 370 469 740 347 492 175350 489 664 353 486 239 300 539 600 187 652 211 417 422 628 5 834 139278 561 700 153 686 157 314 525 682 200 639 97 194 645 742 352 487 163326 513 676 348 491 237 365 474 602 33 806 75 150 689 764 275 564 51 394445 788 189 650 243 298 541 596 114 725 195 322 517 644 212 627 166 332507 673 299 540 182 364 475 657 393 446 123 246 593 716 319 520 213 313526 626 333 506 185 327 512 654 244 595 115 362 477 724 250 589 156 312527 683 172 667 96 192 647 743 ≤202 54 785 62 124 715 777 292 547 221397 442 618 224 615 77 381 458 762 359 480 277 281 558 562 4 835 167 334505 672 186 653 193 323 516 646 247 592 160 320 519 679 369 470 58 116723 781 127 712 272 295 544 567 225 614 205 410 429 634 291 548 79 380459 760 206 633 220 399 440 619 271 568 85 377 462 754 92 747 11 414 425828 259 580 69 385 454 770 264 575 18 36 803 821 147 692 25 407 432 81432 807 ≤237 177 354 485 662 349 490 165 337 502 674 416 423 94 188 651745 52 787 183 328 511 656 196 643 113 363 476 726 324 515 214 411 428625 159 680 155 310 529 684 198 641 117 361 478 722 283 556 63 388 451776 109 730 102 204 635 737 390 449 111 222 617 728 413 426 230 379 460609 384 455 45 90 749 794 285 554 67 386 453 772 232 607 19 38 801 82041 798 22 44 795 817 72 767 131 262 577 708 376 463 226 387 452 613 219620 126 252 587 713 395 444 180 360 479 659 76 763 209 315 524 630 335504 3 418 421 836

Based on the result of grouping, the first group is discarded, and themaximum values of preamble sequence cyclic shifts N_(cs) are selectedfrom the value ranges of preamble sequence cyclic shifts N_(cs) in theremaining 15 groups to form a preamble sequence cyclic shift set {28,31, 34, 38, 44, 51, 58, 67, 76, 86, 100, 128, 158, 202, 237}. In theorder from the smallest to largest values of the preamble sequencecyclic shifts N_(cs), indexes 0 to 15 are allocated for the preamblesequence cyclic shifts N_(cs), respectively. The eventually generatedpreamble sequence cyclic shift set is shown in Table 28.

TABLE 28 Preamble sequence cyclic shift set N_(CS) configuration N_(CS)value 0 28 1 31 2 34 3 38 4 44 5 51 6 58 7 67 8 76 9 86 10 100 11 128 12158 13 202 14 237 15 —

Specific Embodiment 22

Based on the specific embodiments 2 and 8, a cyclic shift sequence of aZC sequence having a length of N_(zc)=839 is used as a preamblesequence; and when the sub-carrier spacing of the random access channelis Δf=1.25 kHz, Δf=2.5 kHz, Δf=5 kHz, a preferred method for configuringa preamble sequence cyclic shift set specifically comprises thefollowing steps.

The maximum number of allowable preamble sequence cyclic shifts N_(cs)is determined as 16.

Based on the cell coverage demand, the value of the ZC sequence indexand other conditions and in combination with different degrees offrequency offset, a preamble sequence cyclic shift set when there is no(or negligible) frequency offset and a preamble sequence cyclic shiftset when the maximum frequency offset is 1 time of the sub-carrierspacing of the random access channel are generated, respectively. Theeventually generated preamble sequence cyclic shift sets are shown inTable 29. In Table 29, the set 0 represents a preamble sequence cyclicshift set when there is no or negligible frequency offset, and the set 1represents a preamble sequence cyclic shift set when the maximumfrequency offset is 1 time of the sub-carrier spacing of the randomaccess channel.

TABLE 29 Preamble sequence cyclic shift sets N_(CS) value N_(CS)configuration Set 0 Set 1 0 0 28 1 26 31 2 28 34 3 31 38 4 34 44 5 38 516 44 58 7 51 67 8 58 76 9 67 86 10 76 100 11 93 128 12 119 158 13 167202 14 279 237 15 419 —

Embodiment 16

When the maximum degree of frequency offset is 2 times of thesub-carrier spacing of the random access channel, during the randomaccess process, a cyclic shift sequence of a ZC sequence having a lengthof N_(zc) is used as a preamble sequence, and the uth (where1≤u≤N_(zc)−1) root sequence is:

${{x_{u}(n)} = e^{{- j}\frac{\pi \; u\; {n{({n + 1})}}}{N_{ZC}}}},{0 \leq n \leq {N_{ZC} - 1}}$

where u is the index of the ZC sequence.

With regard to the uth ZC root sequence, when the degree of frequencyoffset is +1 time of the sub-carrier spacing of the random accesschannel, a cyclic shift having a size of d_(u1) ⁺=(1/u)mod N isgenerated by the ZC sequence in time domain; when the degree offrequency offset is −1 time of the sub-carrier spacing of the randomaccess channel, a cyclic shift having a size of d_(u1) ⁻=(−1/u)modN_(zc) is generated by the ZC sequence in time domain; when the degreeof frequency offset is +2 times of the sub-carrier spacing of the randomaccess channel, a cyclic shift having a size of d_(u2) ⁺=(2/u)mod N_(zc)is generated by the ZC sequence in time domain; and when the degree offrequency offset is −2 times of the sub-carrier spacing of the randomaccess channel, a cyclic shift having a size of d_(u2) ⁻=(−2/u)mod N_(Z)is generated by the ZC sequence in time domain.

During the detection of the preamble sequence, due to the distortion ofthe cyclic shift, false alarm peaks will be generated in the Power DelayProfile (PDP), and wrong cyclic shift duplicate windows thus occur. Asshown in FIG. 42, in an actual system, there will be +1-time and +2-timefrequency offset signals and −1-time and −2-time frequency offsetsignals, so that there will be four wrong cyclic shift search windows.Wherein, C₀ denotes a correct original cyclic shift search window, C⁻¹denotes a wrong duplicate search window caused by the −1-time frequencyoffset, C⁻² denotes a wrong duplicate search window caused by the−2-time frequency offset, denotes a wrong duplicate search window causedby the +1-2-time frequency offset, and C₊₂ denotes a wrong duplicatesearch window caused by the +2-time frequency offset.

In this case, in order to avoid the mutual interference betweensequences generated by a same root ZC sequence cyclic shift, the cyclicshift N_(cs) needs to satisfy the following conditions: wrong searchwindows C⁻¹, C⁻², C₊₁ and C₊₂ of any cyclic shift ZC sequence are notoverlapped with each other, not overlapped with the windows C⁻¹, C⁻²,C₀, C₊₁ and C₊₂ of other cyclic shift ZC sequences, and not overlappedwith the correct cyclic shift search window C₀ of this cyclic shift ZCsequence. This is defined as follows:

$d_{u\; 1} = \left\{ {{\begin{matrix}d_{u\; 1}^{+} & {0 \leq d_{u\; 1}^{+} < {N_{ZC}/2}} \\{N_{ZC} - d_{u\; 1}^{+}} & {otherwise}\end{matrix}{and}d_{u\; 2}} = \left\{ \begin{matrix}d_{u\; 2}^{+} & {0 \leq d_{u\; 2}^{+} < {N_{ZC}/2}} \\{N_{ZC} - d_{u\; 2}^{+}} & {otherwise}\end{matrix} \right.} \right.$

where d_(u1) ⁺=(1/u)mod N_(zc), and d_(u1) ⁺=(1/u)mod N_(zc). The finalpreamble sequence N_(cs) needs to satisfy the following conditions:

N _(cs) ≤d _(u1)≤(N _(zc) −N _(cs))/2

N _(cs) ≤d _(u2)≤(N _(zc) −N _(cs))/2

N _(cs) ≤|d _(u1) −d _(u2)|

In the formulae, d_(u1) denotes a smaller one of the cyclic shiftgenerated by the ZC sequence in time domain when the degree of frequencyoffset is +1 time of the sub-carrier spacing of the random accesschannel and the cyclic shift generated by the ZC sequence in time domainwhen the degree of frequency offset is −1 time of the sub-carrierspacing of the random access channel, and d_(u2) denotes a smaller oneof the cyclic shift generated by the ZC sequence in time domain when thedegree of frequency offset is +2 times of the sub-carrier spacing of therandom access channel and the cyclic shift generated by the ZC sequencein time domain when the degree of frequency offset is −2 times of thesub-carrier spacing of the random access channel.

It is to be noted that, for different cell coverage demands, theconditions to be further satisfied by the preamble sequence N_(cs) arethe same as the conditions described in Embodiment 14.

Based on the above conditions, the method for configuring a preamblesequence cyclic shift set specifically comprises the following steps:

step A (initial setting): the maximum number of allowable preamblesequence cyclic shifts N_(cs) is determined as P;

step B: based on the length N_(zc) of the ZC sequence, all indexes u(1≤u≤N_(zc)−1) of the ZC sequence are selected;

step C: for different indexes u of the ZC sequence and the degree offrequency offset, the value ranges of preamble sequence cyclic shiftsN_(cs) corresponding to all the indexes u of the ZC sequence arecalculated, respectively; and

step D: based on the N_(zc)−1 value ranges of preamble sequence cyclicshifts N_(cs) obtained in the step C, the indexes u of the ZC sequenceare classified into Q groups (Q≤P), the value ranges of preamblesequence cyclic shifts N_(cs) corresponding to the groups areapproximate to each other, and the intersection of the value ranges isnot a null set. Based on different cell coverage demands, a preamblesequence cyclic shift N_(cs) is selected from each common value range ofpreamble sequence cyclic shifts N_(cs) to generate a final preamblesequence cyclic shift set containing Q elements, and each preamblesequence cyclic shift N_(cs) is allocated with a unique index. The indexNo. is from 0 to Q−1.

During the selection of a preamble sequence cyclic shift N_(cs) fromeach common value range of preamble sequence cyclic shifts N_(cs), theselected preamble sequence cyclic shift N_(cs) can be a preamblesequence cyclic shift N_(cs) having a minimum value. Of course, theselection of the preamble sequence cyclic shift N_(cs) is not limitedthereto.

In this embodiment, when the preset generation conditions are the ZCsequence and the degree of frequency offset, in the step 601 of FIG. 38,all values of preamble sequence cyclic shifts N_(cs) are determinedaccording to the ZC sequence and the degree of frequency offset,including:

Calculating all values of preamble sequence cyclic shifts N_(cs)corresponding to the uth indexes of the ZC sequence, according to the ZCsequence and the degree of frequency offset, and classifying the ucalculated values of preamble sequence cyclic shifts N_(cs) into Qgroups according to a preset value range of the preamble sequence cyclicshifts N_(cs).

Step 602: A preset number of preamble sequence cyclic shifts N_(cs) areselected from all values of preamble sequence cyclic shifts N_(cs) togenerate a preamble sequence cyclic shift set, specifically:

A preset number of preamble sequence cyclic shifts N_(cs) are selectedfrom all values of preamble sequence cyclic shifts N_(cs) in each of theQ groups to generate a preamble sequence cyclic shift set.

The selection of a preset number of preamble sequence cyclic shiftsN_(cs) from preamble sequence cyclic shifts N_(cs) in each of the Qgroups is specifically: selecting zero preamble sequence cyclic shiftN_(cs) or at least one preamble sequence cyclic shift N_(cs).

In Embodiment 15, in the situation where the maximum degree of frequencyoffset is 2 time of the sub-carrier spacing of the random accesschannel, the following detailed description will be given by severalspecific implementations.

Specific Embodiment 23

A cyclic shift sequence of a ZC sequence having a length of N_(zc)=139is used as a preamble sequence; and when the sub-carrier spacing of therandom access channel is Δf=7.5 kHz, Δf=1 kHz, Δf=15 kHz, Δf=30 kHz,Δf=60 kHz or Δf=120 kHz, a preferred method for configuring a preamblesequence cyclic shift set specifically comprises the following steps.

The maximum number of allowable preamble sequence cyclic shifts N_(cs)is determined as 16.

When the length of the ZC root sequence is N_(zc) and the root sequenceindex is u, the maximum value of each preamble sequence N_(cs) is S(u).With regard to the root sequence index u (1≤u≤138) of the ZC sequence,the maximum value N_(cs) of each preamble sequence cyclic shift S(u) iscalculated, and the calculation result is shown in Table 30.

TABLE 30 Maximum value S(u) of each preamble sequence cyclic shiftN_(cs) u 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 S(u) 1 1 1 1 27 23 20 17 15 14 13 23u 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 S(u) 11 10 9 26 8 23 22 7 20 19 623 u 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 S(u) 11 16 5 5 24 14 9 13 21 44 27 u 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 S(u) 15 11 25 7 17 10 13 19 33 3 26 u 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 S(u) 17 25 19 8 21 18 5 517 12 7 7 u 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 S(u) 16 9 11 13 15 19 272 2 2 2 27 u 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 S(u) 19 15 13 11 9 16 77 12 17 5 5 u 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 S(u) 18 21 8 19 25 1726 3 3 3 19 13 u 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 S(u) 10 177 25 11 15 27 4 4 21 13 9 u 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119120 S(u) 14 24 5 5 16 11 23 6 19 20 7 22 u 121 122 123 124 125 126 127128 129 130 131 132 S(u) 23 8 26 9 10 11 23 13 14 15 17 20 u 133 134 135136 137 138 S(u) 23 27 1 1 1 1

According to the calculation result of the maximum value of eachpreamble sequence cyclic shift N_(cs), the ZC root sequence indexes areclassified into 12 groups. The specific grouping situation and thecommon value range of each group of preamble sequence cyclic shiftsN_(cs) are shown in Table 31.

TABLE 31 Grouping situation of the maximum values of preamble sequencesN_(CS) Common value range of N_(CS) ZC root sequence index =1 1, 138, 2,137, 3, 136, 4, 135, 68, 71, 69, 70 ≤3 45, 94, 46, 93, 47, 92, 34, 105,35, 104 ≤5 27, 112, 28, 111, 55, 84, 56, 83, 23, 116 ≤7 20, 119, 40, 99,59, 80, 60, 79, 17, 122, 52, 87 ≤9 15, 124 , 31, 108 , 62, 77, 14, 125 ,42, 97 ≤11 13, 126, 25, 114, 38, 101, 63, 76, 58, 81, 11, 128, 32, 107,43, 96, 64, 75 ≤14 10, 129, 30, 109, 9, 130, 37, 102, 65, 74, 26, 113,61, 78 ≤17 8, 131, 41, 98, 49, 90, 57, 82, 54, 85, 22, 117, 44, 95, 51,88, 66, 73, 7, 132, 21, 118 ≤21 33, 106, 53, 86, 19, 120, 6, 133, 12,127, 18, 121, 24, 115, 29, 110, 39, 100, 50, 89, 16, 123, 48, 91, 5,134, 36, 103, 67, 72

Based on the result of grouping, the first group is discarded, and themaximum values of preamble sequence cyclic shifts N_(cs) are selectedfrom the value ranges of preamble sequence cyclic shifts N_(cs) in theremaining 8 groups to form a preamble sequence cyclic shift set {3, 5,7, 9, 11, 14, 17, 21}. In the order from the smallest to largest valuesof the preamble sequence cyclic shifts N_(cs), indexes 0 to 7 areallocated for the preamble sequence cyclic shifts N_(cs), respectively.The eventually generated preamble sequence cyclic shift set is shown inTable 32.

TABLE 32 Preamble sequence cyclic shift set N_(CS) configuration N_(CS)value 0 3 1 5 2 7 3 9 4 11 5 14 6 17 7 21 8 — 9 — 10 — 11 — 12 — 13 — 14— 15 —

Specific Embodiment 24

Based on the specific embodiments 16, 17 and 23, in this specificembodiment, a cyclic shift sequence of a ZC sequence having a length ofN_(zc)=139 is used as a preamble sequence; and when the sub-carrierspacing of the random access channel is Δf=7.5 kHz, Δf=15 kHz, Δf=30kHz, Δf=60 kHz or Δf=120 kHz a preferred method for configuring apreamble sequence cyclic shift set specifically comprises the followingsteps.

The maximum number of allowable preamble sequence cyclic shifts N_(cs)is determined as 16.

Based on the cell coverage demand, the value of the ZC sequence indexand other conditions and in combination with different degrees offrequency offset, a preamble sequence cyclic shift set when there is no(or negligible) frequency offset, a preamble sequence cyclic shift setwhen the maximum degree of frequency offset is 1 time of the sub-carrierspacing of the random access channel and a preamble sequence cyclicshift set when the maximum degree of frequency offset is 2 times of thesub-carrier spacing of the random access channel are generated,respectively. The eventually generated preamble sequence cyclic shiftsets are shown in Table 33. In Table 33, the set 2 represents a preamblesequence cyclic shift set when the maximum degree of frequency offset is2 times of the sub-carrier spacing of the random access channel.

TABLE 33 Preamble sequence cyclic shift sets N_(CS) value N_(CS)configuration Set 0 Set 1 Set 2 0 2 3 3 1 4 5 5 2 6 7 7 3 8 9 9 4 10 1111 5 12 13 14 6 15 16 17 7 18 20 21 8 22 24 — 9 26 30 — 10 31 37 — 11 36— — 12 — — — 13 — — — 14 — — — 15 — — —

Specific Embodiment 25

A cyclic shift sequence of a ZC sequence having a length of N_(zc)=839is used as a preamble sequence; and when the sub-carrier spacing of therandom access channel is Δf=1.25 kHz, Δf=2.5 kHz or Δf=5 kHz, apreferred method for configuring a preamble sequence cyclic shift setspecifically comprises the following steps.

The maximum number of allowable preamble sequence cyclic shifts N isdetermined as 16.

When the length of the ZC root sequence is N_(zc) and the root sequenceindex is u, the maximum value of each preamble sequence cyclic shiftN_(cs) is S(u). With regard to the root sequence index u (1≤u≤838) ofthe ZC sequence, the maximum value N_(cs) of each preamble sequencecyclic shift S(u) is calculated, and the calculation result is shown inTable 34.

TABLE 34 Maximum value S(u) of each preamble sequence cyclic shiftN_(cs) U 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 S(u) 1 1 1 1 167 140 120 105 93 84 U 11 1213 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 S(u) 76 70 129 60 56 105 148 93 44 42 U 21 22 2324 25 26 27 28 29 30 S(u) 40 38 73 35 67 129 31 30 29 28 U 31 32 33 3435 36 37 38 39 40 S(u) 27 105 127 74 24 70 68 22 43 21 U 41 42 43 44 4546 47 48 49 50 S(u) 41 20 39 19 56 73 125 35 137 151 U 51 52 53 54 55 5657 58 59 60 S(u) 148 113 95 31 61 15 103 29 128 14 U 61 62 63 64 65 6667 68 69 70 S(u) 55 27 40 118 142 89 25 37 73 12 U 71 72 73 74 75 76 7778 79 80 S(u) 130 35 23 34 123 11 109 43 85 21 U 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 8889 90 S(u) 145 133 91 10 79 39 135 143 66 28 U 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 9899 100 S(u) 83 73 9 116 53 35 147 137 161 151 U 101 102 103 104 105 106107 108 109 110 S(u) 108 74 57 121 8 95 149 101 77 61 U 111 112 113 114115 116 117 118 119 120 S(u) 68 15 52 103 124 94 43 64 141 7 U 121 122123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 S(u) 104 55 75 115 47 20 33 59 13 71 U131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 S(u) 32 89 82 144 87 37 49 152163 6 U 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 S(u) 119 65 88 134 81 2397 17 107 151 U 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 S(u) 50 138 159158 92 43 155 154 95 21 U 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 S(u)99 145 139 133 61 91 5 5 139 153 U 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179180 S(u) 157 39 97 135 163 143 109 33 75 14 U 181 182 183 184 185 186187 188 189 190 S(u) 51 83 55 114 127 9 166 58 111 53 U 191 192 193 194195 196 197 198 199 200 S(u) 123 118 100 160 142 107 115 89 156 151 U201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 S(u) 96 54 62 37 45 57 77 121 44 U 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 S(u) 167 95 130 98 160 10158 127 23 61 U 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 S(u) 19 34 79 1541 26 85 92 11 62 U 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 S(u) 69 4718 147 25 32 131 141 165 7 U 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250S(u) 94 52 145 55 113 133 17 159 155 47 U 251 252 253 254 255 256 257258 259 260 S(u) 117 10 63 109 102 59 111 13 81 71 U 261 262 263 264 265266 267 268 269 270 S(u) 45 16 67 89 19 41 22 72 131 87 U 271 272 273274 275 276 277 278 279 280 S(u) 65 37 126 49 119 76 106 166 3 3 U 281282 283 284 285 286 287 288 289 290 S(u) 3 119 83 65 53 44 38 67 90 81 U291 292 293 294 295 296 297 298 299 300 S(u) 49 23 63 117 91 17 113 10787 165 U 301 302 303 304 305 306 307 308 309 310 S(u) 131 25 36 69 11 8541 79 19 46 U 311 312 313 314 315 316 317 318 319 320 S(u) 116 121 67163 8 77 45 124 71 97 U 321 322 323 324 325 326 327 328 329 330 S(u) 11599 13 101 111 157 59 110 51 150 U 331 332 333 334 335 336 337 338 339340 S(u) 109 139 63 103 5 5 117 139 99 153 U 341 342 343 344 345 346 347348 349 350 S(u) 155 157 159 100 107 97 162 135 113 163 U 351 352 353354 355 356 357 358 359 360 S(u) 98 143 164 64 26 33 47 75 7 7 U 361 362363 364 365 366 367 368 369 370 S(u) 86 51 104 136 154 149 16 57 25 161U 371 372 373 374 375 376 377 378 379 380 S(u) 147 106 9 83 132 29 69 9131 53 U 381 382 383 384 385 386 387 388 389 390 S(u) 11 123 46 59 85 5013 80 110 71 U 391 392 393 394 395 396 397 398 399 400 S(u) 103 122 79115 17 125 112 78 82 86 U 401 402 403 404 405 406 407 408 409 410 S(u)136 48 127 27 29 31 101 146 80 88 U 411 412 413 414 415 416 417 418 419420 S(u) 49 112 65 77 93 119 167 2 2 2 U 421 422 423 424 425 426 427 428429 430 S(u) 2 167 119 93 77 65 112 49 88 80 U 431 432 433 434 435 436437 438 439 440 S(u) 146 101 31 29 27 127 48 136 86 82 U 441 442 443 444445 446 447 448 449 450 S(u) 78 112 125 17 115 79 122 103 71 110 U 451452 453 454 455 456 457 458 459 460 S(u) 80 13 50 85 59 46 123 11 53 31U 461 462 463 464 465 466 467 468 469 470 S(u) 91 69 29 132 83 9 106 147161 25 U 471 472 473 474 475 476 477 478 479 480 S(u) 57 16 149 154 136104 51 86 7 7 U 481 482 483 484 485 486 487 488 489 490 S(u) 75 47 33 2664 164 143 98 163 113 U 491 492 493 494 495 496 497 498 499 500 S(u) 135162 97 107 100 159 157 155 153 99 U 501 502 503 504 505 506 507 508 509510 S(u) 139 117 5 5 103 63 139 109 150 51 U 511 512 513 514 515 516 517518 519 520 S(u) 110 59 157 111 101 13 99 115 97 71 U 521 522 523 524525 526 527 528 529 530 S(u) 124 45 77 8 163 67 121 116 46 19 U 531 532533 534 535 536 537 538 539 540 S(u) 79 41 85 11 69 36 25 131 165 87 U541 542 543 544 545 546 547 548 549 550 S(u) 107 113 17 91 117 63 23 4981 90 U 551 552 553 554 555 556 557 558 559 560 S(u) 67 38 44 53 65 83119 3 3 3 U 561 562 563 564 565 566 567 568 569 570 S(u) 166 106 76 11949 126 37 65 87 131 U 571 572 573 574 575 576 577 578 579 580 S(u) 72 2241 19 89 67 16 45 71 81 U 581 582 583 584 585 586 587 588 589 590 S(u)13 111 59 102 109 63 10 117 47 155 U 591 592 593 594 595 596 597 598 599600 S(u) 159 17 133 113 55 145 52 94 7 165 U 601 602 603 604 605 606 607608 609 610 S(u) 141 131 32 25 147 18 47 69 62 11 U 611 612 613 614 615616 617 618 619 620 S(u) 92 85 26 41 15 79 34 19 61 23 U 621 622 623 624625 626 627 628 629 630 S(u) 127 58 101 160 98 130 95 167 4 4 U 631 632633 634 635 636 637 638 639 640 S(u) 121 77 57 45 37 62 54 96 151 156 U641 642 643 644 645 646 647 648 649 650 S(u) 89 115 107 142 160 100 118123 53 111 U 651 652 653 654 655 656 657 658 659 660 S(u) 58 166 9 127114 55 83 51 14 75 U 661 662 663 664 665 666 667 668 669 670 S(u) 33 109143 163 135 97 39 157 153 139 U 671 672 673 674 675 676 677 678 679 680S(u) 5 5 91 61 133 139 145 99 21 95 U 681 682 683 684 685 686 687 688689 690 S(u) 154 155 43 92 158 159 138 50 151 107 U 691 692 693 694 695696 697 698 699 700 S(u) 17 97 23 81 134 88 65 119 6 163 U 701 702 703704 705 706 707 708 709 710 S(u) 152 49 37 87 144 82 89 32 71 13 U 711712 713 714 715 716 717 718 719 720 S(u) 59 33 20 47 115 75 55 104 7 141U 721 722 723 724 725 726 727 728 729 730 S(u) 64 43 94 124 103 52 15 6861 77 U 731 732 733 734 735 736 737 738 739 740 S(u) 101 149 95 8 121 5774 108 151 161 U 741 742 743 744 745 746 747 748 749 750 S(u) 137 147 3553 116 9 73 83 28 66 U 751 752 753 754 755 756 757 758 759 760 S(u) 143135 39 79 10 91 133 145 21 85 U 761 762 763 764 765 766 767 768 769 770S(u) 43 109 11 123 34 23 35 130 12 73 U 771 772 773 774 775 776 777 778779 780 S(u) 37 25 89 142 118 40 27 55 14 128 U 781 782 783 784 785 786787 788 789 790 S(u) 29 103 15 61 31 95 113 148 151 137 U 791 792 793794 795 796 797 798 799 800 S(u) 35 125 73 56 19 39 20 41 21 43 U 801802 803 804 805 806 807 808 809 810 S(u) 22 68 70 24 74 127 105 27 28 29U 811 812 813 814 815 816 817 818 819 820 S(u) 30 31 129 67 35 73 38 4042 44 U 821 822 823 824 825 826 827 828 829 830 S(u) 93 148 105 56 60129 70 76 84 93 U 831 832 833 834 835 836 837 838 0 0 S(u) 105 120 140167 1 1 1 1 0 0

According to the calculation result of the maximum value of eachpreamble sequence cyclic shift N_(cs), the ZC root sequence indexes areclassified into 14 groups. The specific grouping situation and thecommon value range of each group of preamble sequence cyclic shiftsN_(cs) are shown in Table 35.

TABLE 35 Grouping situation of maximum values of preamble sequencecyclic shifts N_(CS) Common value range of N_(CS) ZC root sequence index=1 1 2 3 4 835 836 837 838 418 419 420 421 279 280 281 558 559 560 209210 629 630 167 168 335 336 503 504 671 672 140 699 120 240 359 360 479480 599 719 105 315 524 734 93 186 373 466 653 746 84 252 587 755 76 229305 381 458 534 610 763 70 769 129 258 323 387 452 516 581 710 60 180659 779 56 112 224 615 727 783 262 367 472 577 ≤17 148 247 296 395 444543 592 691 233 606 44 221 265 309 530 574 618 795 ≤20 42 126 713 797 4080 160 679 759 799 38 267 572 801 73 146 219 292 547 620 693 766 ≤24 35804 67 235 302 369 470 537 604 772 226 355 484 613 31 62 404 435 777 808≤28 30 90 749 809 29 58 376 405 434 463 781 810 28 811 27 54 379 406 433460 785 812 131 236 603 708 127 178 356 483 661 712 ≤34 74 222 617 76524 48 72 96 743 767 791 815 303 536 68 136 204 272 567 635 703 771 22287 552 817 43 86 172 667 753 796 ≤40 21 63 776 818 41 225 266 307 532573 614 798 20 819 39 78 117 156 683 722 761 800 19 286 553 820 205 261317 522 578 634 310 383 456 529 125 232 250 357 482 589 607 714 ≤48 402437 137 274 291 411 428 548 565 702 151 386 453 688 181 329 362 477 510658 113 242 597 726 95 190 285 380 459 554 649 744 202 637 61 122 183244 595 656 717 778 15 45 794 824 ≤57 103 206 368 471 633 736 188 217622 651 128 256 327 384 455 512 583 711 14 825 55 110 165 220 619 674729 784 203 230 609 636 253 293 333 506 546 586 118 354 485 721 142 271284 413 426 555 568 697 89 750 25 263 288 313 526 551 576 814 37 111 728802 231 304 377 462 535 608 ≤70 12 36 803 827 130 260 319 390 449 520579 709 268 571 23 46 69 92 747 770 793 816 34 102 737 805 123 179 358481 660 716 11 276 563 828 109 207 316 414 425 523 632 730 398 441 85223 308 393 446 531 616 754 388 409 430 451 145 259 290 549 580 694 133399 440 706 91 182 283 374 465 556 657 748 ≤84 10 829 79 227 306 385 454533 612 760 361 400 439 478 135 270 299 540 569 704 143 410 429 696 66132 198 264 575 641 707 773 289 550 83 166 295 378 461 544 673 756 155228 611 684 9 18 415 424 821 830 116 241 598 723 53 106 159 212 627 680733 786 201 638 147 173 320 346 493 519 666 692 214 351 488 625 161 322339 500 517 678 ≤100 193 344 495 646 108 216 324 407 432 515 623 731 255584 57 114 334 391 448 505 725 782 121 363 476 718 8 16 32 807 823 831277 372 467 562 149 196 298 345 494 541 643 690 101 738 77 177 254 331508 585 662 762 328 389 450 511 189 257 325 514 582 650 397 412 427 44252 245 297 349 490 542 594 787 184 655 124 197 321 394 445 518 642 715≤116 94 311 528 745 251 294 337 502 545 588 64 192 647 775 141 275 282416 423 557 564 698 7 832 104 208 312 527 631 735 392 447 75 191 382 457648 764 115 318 521 724 47 396 443 792 273 566 33 185 218 403 436 621654 806 59 780 13 26 813 826 71 213 626 768 237 269 301 538 570 602 375464 82 164 246 593 675 757 144 695 87 174 348 491 665 752 364 401 438475 49 98 741 790 ≤138 152 687 163 169 332 338 501 507 670 676 6 833 119238 601 720 65 195 644 774 88 176 352 487 663 751 134 705 81 162 243 596677 758 408 431 97 234 371 468 605 742 17 51 788 822 107 366 473 732 330509 50 100 150 200 639 689 739 789 138 701 170 340 499 669 158 365 474681 157 249 341 498 590 682 199 640 171 326 342 497 513 668 154 685 153248 343 496 591 686 194 215 624 645 99 370 469 740 347 492 139 175 314350 489 525 664 700 353 486 239 300 539 600 187 278 561 652 5 211 417422 628 834

Based on the result of grouping, the first group is discarded, and themaximum values of preamble sequence cyclic shifts N_(cs) are selectedfrom the value ranges of preamble sequence cyclic shifts No in theremaining 13 groups to form a preamble sequence cyclic shift set {17,20, 24, 28, 34, 40, 48, 57, 70, 84, 100, 116, 138}. In the order fromthe smallest to largest values of the preamble sequence cyclic shiftsN_(cs), indexes 0 to 12 are allocated for the preamble sequence cyclicshifts N_(cs), respectively. The eventually generated preamble sequencecyclic shift set is shown in Table 36.

TABLE 36 Preamble sequence cyclic shift set N_(CS) configuration N_(CS)value 0 17 1 20 2 24 3 28 4 34 5 40 6 48 7 57 8 70 9 84 10 100 11 116 12138 13 — 14 — 15 —

Specific Embodiment 26

Based on the specific embodiment 25, in this specific implementation, acyclic shift sequence of a ZC sequence having a length of N_(zc)=839 isused as a preamble sequence; and when the sub-carrier spacing of therandom access channel is Δf=1.25 kHz, Δf=2.5, or Δf=5 kHz, a preferredmethod for configuring a preamble sequence cyclic shift set specificallycomprises the following steps.

The maximum number of allowable preamble sequence cyclic shifts N_(cs)is determined as 16.

Based on the cell coverage demand, the value of the ZC sequence indexand other conditions and in combination with different degrees offrequency offset, a preamble sequence cyclic shift set when there is no(or negligible) frequency offset, a preamble sequence cyclic shift setwhen the maximum degree of frequency offset is 1 time of the sub-carrierspacing of the random access channel and a preamble sequence cyclicshift set when the maximum degree of frequency offset is 2 times of thesub-carrier spacing of the random access channel are generated,respectively. The eventually generated preamble sequence cyclic shiftsets are shown in Table 37. In Table 37, the set 0 represents a preamblesequence cyclic shift set when there is no or negligible frequencyoffset, the set 1 represents a preamble sequence cyclic shift set whenthe maximum frequency offset is 1 time of the sub-carrier spacing of therandom access channel, and the set 2 represents a preamble sequencecyclic shift set when the maximum degree of frequency offset is 2 timesof the sub-carrier spacing of the random access channel.

TABLE 37 Preamble sequence cyclic shift sets N_(CS) value N_(CS)configuration Set 0 Set 1 Set 2 0 0 15 17 1 13 18 20 2 15 22 24 3 18 2628 4 22 32 34 5 26 38 40 6 32 46 48 7 38 55 57 8 46 68 70 9 59 82 84 1076 100 100 11 93 128 116 12 119 158 138 13 167 202 — 14 279 237 — 15 419— —

Based on the cell coverage demand, the value of the ZC sequence indexand other conditions and in combination with different degrees offrequency offset, a preamble sequence cyclic shift set when there is no(or negligible) frequency offset and a preamble sequence cyclic shiftset when the maximum degree of frequency offset is 2 times of thesub-carrier spacing of the random access channel are generated,respectively. The eventually generated preamble sequence cyclic shiftsets are shown in Table 38. In Table 38, the set 0 represents a preamblesequence cyclic shift set when there is no or negligible frequencyoffset, and the set 1 represents a preamble sequence cyclic shift setwhen the maximum degree of frequency offset is 2 times of thesub-carrier spacing of the random access channel.

TABLE 38 Preamble sequence cyclic shift sets N_(CS) value N_(CS)configuration Set 0 Set 1 0 0 17 1 13 20 2 15 24 3 18 28 4 22 34 5 26 406 32 48 7 38 57 8 46 70 9 59 84 10 76 100 11 93 116 12 119 138 13 167 —14 279 — 15 419 —

Embodiment 17

When the maximum degree of frequency offset is 3 times of thesub-carrier spacing of the random access channel, during the randomaccess process, a cyclic shift sequence of a ZC sequence having a lengthof N_(zc) is used as a preamble sequence, and the uth (where1≤u≤N_(zc)−1) root sequence is:

${{x_{u}(n)} = e^{{- j}\frac{\pi \; u\; {n{({n + 1})}}}{N_{ZC}}}},{0 \leq n \leq {N_{ZC} - 1}}$

where u is the index of the ZC sequence.

With regard to the uth ZC root sequence, when the degree of frequencyoffset is +1 time of the sub-carrier spacing of the random accesschannel, a cyclic shift having a size of d_(u1) ⁺=(1/u)mod N_(zc) isgenerated by the ZC sequence in time domain; when the degree offrequency offset is −1 time of the sub-carrier spacing of the randomaccess channel, a cyclic shift having a size of d_(u1) ⁻(−1/u)mod N_(zc)is generated by the ZC sequence in time domain; when the degree offrequency offset is +2 times of the sub-carrier spacing of the randomaccess channel, a cyclic shift having a size of d_(u2) ⁺=(2/u)mod N_(zc)is generated by the ZC sequence in time domain; when the degree offrequency offset is −2 times of the sub-carrier spacing of the randomaccess channel, a cyclic shift having a size of d_(u2) ⁻=(−2/u)modN_(zc) is generated by the ZC sequence in time domain; when the degreeof frequency offset is +3 times of the sub-carrier spacing of the randomaccess channel, a cyclic shift having a size of d_(u3) ⁺=(3/u)mod N_(zc)is generated by the ZC sequence in time domain; and when the degree offrequency offset is −3 times of the sub-carrier spacing of the randomaccess channel, a cyclic shift having a size of d_(u3) ⁻=(−3/u)modN_(zc) is generated by the ZC sequence in time domain.

During the detection of the preamble sequence, due to the distortion ofthe cyclic shift, false alarm peaks will be generated in the Power DelayProfile (PDP), and wrong cyclic shift duplicate windows thus occur. Asshown in FIG. 43, in an actual system, there will be +1-time, +2-timeand +3-time frequency offset signals and −1-time, −2-time and −3-timefrequency offset signals, so that there will be six wrong cyclic shiftsearch windows. Wherein, C₀ denotes a correct original cyclic shiftsearch window, C⁻¹ denotes a wrong duplicate search window caused by the−1-time frequency offset, C⁻² denotes a wrong duplicate search windowcaused by the −2-time frequency offset, C⁻³ denotes a wrong duplicatesearch window caused by the −3-time frequency offset, C₊₁ denotes awrong duplicate search window caused by the +1-time frequency offset,C₊₂ denotes a wrong duplicate search window caused by the +2-timefrequency offset, and C₊₃ denotes a wrong duplicate search window causedby the +3-time frequency offset.

In this case, in order to avoid the mutual interference betweensequences generated by a same root ZC sequence cyclic shift, the cyclicshift N_(cs) needs to satisfy the following conditions: wrong searchwindows C⁻¹, C⁻², C⁻³, C₊₁, C₊₂ and C₊₃ of any cyclic shift ZC sequenceare not overlapped with each other, not overlapped with the windows C⁻¹,C⁻², C⁻³, C₀, C₊₁, C₊₂ and C₊₃ of other cyclic shift ZC sequences, andnot overlapped with the correct cyclic shift search window C₀ of thiscyclic shift ZC sequence. This is defined as follows:

$d_{u\; 1} = \left\{ {{\begin{matrix}d_{u\; 1}^{+} & {0 \leq d_{u\; 1}^{+} < {N_{ZC}/2}} \\{N_{ZC} - d_{u\; 1}^{+}} & {otherwise}\end{matrix}{and}d_{u\; 2}} = \left\{ {{\begin{matrix}d_{u\; 2}^{+} & {0 \leq d_{u\; 2}^{+} < {N_{ZC}/2}} \\{N_{ZC} - d_{u\; 2}^{+}} & {otherwise}\end{matrix}{and}d_{u\; 3}} = \left\{ \begin{matrix}d_{u\; 3}^{+} & {0 \leq d_{u\; 3}^{+} < {N_{ZC}/2}} \\{N_{ZC} - d_{u\; 3}^{+}} & {otherwise}\end{matrix} \right.} \right.} \right.$

where d_(u1) ⁺=(1/u)mod N_(sc), d_(u2) ⁺=(2/u)mod N_(zc) and d_(u3)⁺=(3/u) mod N_(zc). The final preamble sequence cyclic shift N_(cs)needs to satisfy the following conditions:

N _(cs) ≤d _(u1)≤(N _(zc) −N _(cs))/2

N _(cs) ≤d _(u2)≤(N _(zc) −N _(cs))/2

N _(cs) ≤d _(u3)≤(N _(zc) −N _(cs))/2

N _(cs) ≤|d _(u1) −d _(u2)|

N _(cs) ≤|d _(u2) −d _(u3)|

N _(cs) ≤|d _(u3) −d _(u1)|

In the formulae, d_(u3) denotes a smaller one of the cyclic shiftgenerated by the ZC sequence in time domain when the degree of frequencyoffset is +3 times of the sub-carrier spacing of the random accesschannel and the cyclic shift generated by the ZC sequence by the ZCsequence in time domain when the degree of frequency offset is −3 timesof the sub-carrier spacing of the random access channel.

It is to be noted that, for different cell coverage demands, theconditions to be satisfied by the preamble sequence cyclic shift N_(cs)are the same as the conditions described in Embodiment 14.

Based on the above conditions, the method for configuring a preamblesequence cyclic shift set specifically comprises the following steps:

step A (initial setting): the maximum number of allowable preamblesequence cyclic shifts N_(cs) is determined as P;

step B: based on the length N_(zc) of the ZC sequence, all indexes u(1≤u≤N_(zc)−1) of the ZC sequence are selected;

step C: for different indexes u of the ZC sequence and the degree offrequency offset, the value ranges of preamble sequence cyclic shiftsN_(cs) corresponding to all the indexes u of the ZC sequence arecalculated, respectively; and

step D: based on the N_(zc)−1 value ranges of preamble sequence cyclicshifts N_(cs) obtained in the step C, the indexes u of the ZC sequenceare classified into Q groups (Q≤P), the value ranges of preamblesequence cyclic shifts N_(cs) corresponding to the groups areapproximate to each other, and the intersection of the value ranges isnot a null set. Based on different cell coverage demands, preamblesequence cyclic shifts N_(cs) are selected from each common value rangeof preamble sequence cyclic shifts N_(cs) in the groups to generate afinal preamble sequence cyclic shift set containing Q elements, and eachpreamble sequence cyclic shift N_(cs) is allocated with a unique index.The index No. is from 0 to Q−1.

During the selection of a preamble sequence cyclic shift N_(cs) fromeach common value range of preamble sequence cyclic shifts N_(cs), theselected preamble sequence cyclic shift N_(cs) can be a preamblesequence cyclic shift N_(cs) having a minimum value. Of course, theselection of the preamble sequence cyclic shift N_(cs) is not limitedthereto.

In this embodiment, when the preset generation conditions are the ZCsequence and the degree of frequency offset, in the step 601 of FIG. 38,all values of preamble sequence cyclic shifts N_(cs) are determinedaccording to the ZC sequence and the degree of frequency offset,specifically:

calculating, according to the ZC sequence and the degree of frequencyoffset, all values of preamble sequence cyclic shifts N_(cs)corresponding to the uth ZC sequence, and classifying the u calculatedvalues of preamble sequence cyclic shifts N_(cs) into Q groups accordingto a preset value range of the preamble sequence cyclic shifts N_(cs).

Step 602: A preset number of preamble sequence cyclic shifts N_(cs) areselected from all values of preamble sequence cyclic shifts N_(cs) togenerate a preamble sequence cyclic shift set, specifically:

A preset number of preamble sequence cyclic shifts N_(cs) are selectedfrom all values of preamble sequence cyclic shifts N_(cs) in each of theQ groups to generate a preamble sequence cyclic shift set.

The selection of a preset number of preamble sequence cyclic shifts NSfrom preamble sequence cyclic shifts N_(cs) in each of the Q groupsspecifically is: selecting zero preamble sequence cyclic shift N_(cs) orat least one preamble sequence cyclic shift N_(cs).

In Embodiment 15, in the situation where the maximum degree of frequencyoffset is 3 time of the sub-carrier spacing of the random accesschannel, the following detailed description will be given by severalspecific embodiments.

Specific Embodiment 27

A cyclic shift sequence of a ZC sequence having a length of N_(zc)=139is used as a preamble sequence; and when the sub-carrier spacing of therandom access channel is Δf=7.5 kHz, Δf=15 kHz, Δf=30 kHz, Δf=60 kHz orΔf=120 kHz, a preferred method for configuring a preamble sequencecyclic shift set specifically comprises the following steps.

The maximum number of allowable preamble sequence cyclic shifts N_(cs)is determined as 16.

When the length of the ZC root sequence is N_(zc) and the root sequenceindex is u, the maximum value of each preamble sequence cyclic shiftN_(cs) is S(u). With regard to the root sequence index u (1≤u≤138) ofthe ZC sequence, the maximum value N_(cs) of each preamble sequencecyclic shift S(u) is calculated, and the calculation result is shown inTable 39.

TABLE 39 Maximum value S(u) of each preamble sequence cyclic shiftN_(cs) u 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 S(u) 1 1 1 1 1 1 19 17 15 14 13 12 U13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 S(u) 11 10 9 9 8 8 7 7 13 19 6 6 u25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 S(u) 11 16 5 5 5 14 9 13 17 4 4 4 u37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 S(u) 15 11 7 7 17 10 13 19 3 3 3 3 u49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 S(u) 17 11 11 8 13 18 5 5 17 12 7 7u 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 S(u) 16 9 11 13 15 19 2 2 2 2 2 2u 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 S(u) 19 15 13 11 9 16 7 7 12 17 55 u 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 S(u) 18 13 8 11 11 17 3 3 3 3 1913 u 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 S(u) 10 17 7 7 11 15 44 4 17 13 9 u 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 S(u) 14 55 5 16 11 6 6 19 13 7 7 u 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131132 S(u) 8 8 9 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 17 19 u 133 134 135 136 137 138 S(u)1 1 1 1 1 1

According to the calculation result of the maximum value of eachpreamble sequence cyclic shift N_(cs), the ZC root sequence indexes areclassified into 8 groups. The specific grouping situation and the commonvalue range of each group of preamble sequence cyclic shifts N_(cs) areshown in Table 40.

TABLE 40 Grouping situation of maximum values of each preamble sequenceN_(CS) Common value range of N_(CS) ZC root sequence index =1 1, 138, 2,137, 3, 136, 4, 135, 5, 134, 6, 133, 67, 72, 68, 71, 69, 70 ≤3 45, 94,46, 93, 47, 92, 48, 91, 34, 105, 35, 104, 36,103 ≤5 27, 112, 28, 111,29, 110, 55, 84, 56, 83, 23, 116, 24, 115 ≤7 19, 120, 20, 119, 39, 100,40, 99, 59, 80, 60, 79, 17, 122, 18, 121, 52, 87 ≤9 15, 124, 16, 123,31, 108, 62, 77, 14, 125, 42, 97 ≤11 13, 126, 25, 114, 38, 101, 50, 89,51, 88, 63, 76, 12, 127, 58, 81 ≤13 11, 128, 21, 118, 32, 107, 43, 96,53, 86, 64, 75, 10, 129, 30, 109, 9, 130, 37, 102, 65, 74 ≤16 26, 113,61, 78, 8, 131, 33, 106, 41, 98, 49, 90, 57, 82, 54, 85, 7, 132, 22,117, 44, 95, 66, 73

Based on the grouping result, the first group is discarded, and themaximum values of preamble sequence cyclic shifts N_(cs) are selectedfrom the value ranges of preamble sequence cyclic shifts N_(cs) in theremaining 7 groups to form a preamble sequence cyclic shift set {3, 5,7, 9, 11, 13, 16}. In the order from the smallest to largest values ofthe preamble sequence cyclic shifts N_(cs), indexes 0 to 6 are allocatedfor the preamble sequence cyclic shifts N_(cs), respectively. Theeventually generated preamble sequence cyclic shift set is shown inTable 41.

TABLE 41 Preamble sequence cyclic shift set N_(CS) N_(CS) configurationvalue 0 3 1 5 2 7 3 9 4 11 5 13 6 16 7 — 8 — 9 — 10 — 11 — 12 — 13 — 14— 15 —

Specific Embodiment 28

Based on the specific embodiments 3, 4, 10 and 14, in this specificembodiment, a cyclic shift sequence of a ZC sequence having a length ofN_(zc)=139 is used as a preamble sequence; and when the sub-carrierspacing of the random access channel is Δf=7.5 kHz, Δf=15 kHz, Δf=30kHz, Δf=60 kHz or Δf=120 kHz, a preferred method for configuring apreamble sequence cyclic shift set specifically comprises the followingsteps.

The maximum number of allowable preamble sequence cyclic shifts N_(cs)is determined as 16.

Based on the cell coverage demand, the value of the ZC sequence indexand other conditions and in combination with different degrees offrequency offset, a preamble sequence cyclic shift set when there is no(or negligible) frequency offset, a preamble sequence cyclic shift setwhen the maximum degree of frequency offset is 1 time of the sub-carrierspacing of the random access channel, a preamble sequence cyclic shiftset when the maximum degree of frequency offset is 2 times of thesub-carrier spacing of the random access channel and a preamble sequencecyclic shift set when the maximum degree of frequency offset is 3 timesof the sub-carrier spacing of the random access channel are generated,respectively. The eventually generated preamble sequence cyclic shiftsets are shown in Table 42. In Table 42, the set 3 represents a preamblesequence cyclic shift set when the maximum degree of frequency offset is3 times of the sub-carrier spacing of the random access channel.

TABLE 42 Preamble sequence cyclic shift sets N_(CS) N_(CS) valueconfiguration Set 0 Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 0 2 3 3 3 1 4 5 5 5 2 6 7 7 7 3 89 9 9 4 10 11 11 11 5 12 13 14 13 6 15 16 17 16 7 18 20 21 — 8 22 24 — —9 26 30 — — 10 31 37 — — 11 36 — — — 12 — — — — 13 — — — — 14 — — — — 15— — — —

Specific Embodiment 29

A cyclic shift sequence of a ZC sequence having a length of N_(zc)=839is used as a preamble sequence; and when the sub-carrier spacing of therandom access channel is Δf=1.25 kHz, Δf=2.5 kHz or Δf=5 kHz, apreferred method for configuring a preamble sequence cyclic shift setspecifically comprises the following steps.

The maximum number of allowable preamble sequence cyclic shifts N_(cs)is determined as 16.

When the length of the ZC root sequence is N_(zc) and the root sequenceindex is u, the maximum value of each preamble sequence cyclic shiftN_(cs) is S(u). With regard to the root sequence index u (1≤u≤838) ofthe ZC sequence, the maximum value N_(cs) of each preamble sequencecyclic shift S(u) is calculated, and the calculation result is shown inTable 43.

TABLE 43 Maximum value S(u) of each preamble sequence cyclic shiftN_(cs) U 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 S(u) 1 1 1 1 1 1 119 105 93 84 U 11 12 1314 15 16 17 18 19 20 S(u) 76 70 65 60 56 105 49 93 44 42 U 21 22 23 2425 26 27 28 29 30 S(u) 40 38 73 35 67 97 31 30 29 28 U 31 32 33 34 35 3637 38 39 40 S(u) 27 105 51 74 24 70 68 22 43 21 U 41 42 43 44 45 46 4748 49 50 S(u) 41 20 39 19 56 73 107 35 17 67 U 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 5859 60 S(u) 33 113 95 31 61 15 103 29 71 14 U 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 6970 S(u) 55 27 40 118 13 89 25 37 73 12 U 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80S(u) 59 35 23 34 56 11 98 43 85 21 U 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 S(u)31 41 91 10 79 39 29 19 66 28 U 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 S(u) 8373 9 116 53 35 26 77 17 42 U 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110S(u) 108 74 57 113 8 95 47 101 77 61 U 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118119 120 S(u) 68 15 52 81 73 94 43 64 7 7 U 121 122 123 124 125 126 127128 129 130 S(u) 104 55 75 88 47 20 33 59 13 71 U 131 132 133 134 135136 137 138 139 140 S(u) 32 89 82 25 87 37 49 73 6 6 U 141 142 143 144145 146 147 148 149 150 S(u) 119 65 88 35 81 23 97 17 107 28 U 151 152153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 S(u) 50 11 11 49 92 43 16 69 95 21 U 161162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 S(u) 99 57 36 87 61 91 5 5 5 74 U171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 S(u) 54 39 97 82 24 62 109 33 7514 U 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 S(u) 51 83 55 114 68 9 9 5871 53 U 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 S(u) 101 83 100 13 43107 115 89 59 21 U 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 S(u) 96 54 6237 45 57 77 117 4 4 U 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 S(u) 4 9163 98 39 101 58 77 23 61 U 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 S(u)19 34 79 15 41 26 85 92 11 62 U 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240S(u) 69 47 18 43 25 32 46 67 7 7 U 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249250 S(u) 94 52 38 55 113 58 17 44 64 47 U 251 252 253 254 255 256 257258 259 260 S(u) 117 10 63 109 102 59 111 13 81 71 U 261 262 263 264 265266 267 268 269 270 S(u) 45 16 67 89 19 41 22 72 53 87 U 271 272 273 274275 276 277 278 279 280 S(u) 65 37 83 49 61 76 103 3 3 3 U 281 282 283284 285 286 287 288 289 290 S(u) 3 119 83 65 53 44 38 67 90 81 U 291 292293 294 295 296 297 298 299 300 S(u) 49 23 63 117 91 17 113 76 87 14 U301 302 303 304 305 306 307 308 309 310 S(u) 92 25 36 69 11 85 41 79 1946 U 311 312 313 314 315 316 317 318 319 320 S(u) 116 78 67 8 8 77 45 9571 97 U 321 322 323 324 325 326 327 328 329 330 S(u) 115 86 13 101 11118 59 110 51 61 U 331 332 333 334 335 336 337 338 339 340 S(u) 109 48 63103 5 5 117 72 99 37 U 341 342 343 344 345 346 347 348 349 350 S(u) 3227 22 100 107 97 29 41 113 12 U 351 352 353 354 355 356 357 358 359 360S(u) 98 31 19 64 26 33 47 75 7 7 U 361 362 363 364 365 366 367 368 369370 S(u) 86 51 104 53 23 55 16 57 25 34 U 371 372 373 374 375 376 377378 379 380 S(u) 52 106 9 83 47 29 69 91 31 53 U 381 382 383 384 385 386387 388 389 390 S(u) 11 112 46 59 85 50 13 80 110 71 U 391 392 393 394395 396 397 398 399 400 S(u) 103 107 79 66 17 89 93 78 82 86 U 401 402403 404 405 406 407 408 409 410 S(u) 23 48 102 27 29 31 101 37 80 88 U411 412 413 414 415 416 417 418 419 420 S(u) 49 112 65 77 93 119 2 2 2 2U 421 422 423 424 425 426 427 428 429 430 S(u) 2 2 119 93 77 65 112 4988 80 U 431 432 433 434 435 436 437 438 439 440 S(u) 37 101 31 29 27 10248 23 86 82 U 441 442 443 444 445 446 447 448 449 450 S(u) 78 93 89 1766 79 107 103 71 110 U 451 452 453 454 455 456 457 458 459 460 S(u) 8013 50 85 59 46 112 11 53 31 U 461 462 463 464 465 466 467 468 469 470S(u) 91 69 29 47 83 9 106 52 34 25 U 471 472 473 474 475 476 477 478 479480 S(u) 57 16 55 23 53 104 51 86 7 7 U 481 482 483 484 485 486 487 488489 490 S(u) 75 47 33 26 64 19 31 98 12 113 U 491 492 493 494 495 496497 498 499 500 S(u) 41 29 97 107 100 22 27 32 37 99 U 501 502 503 504505 506 507 508 509 510 S(u) 72 117 5 5 103 63 48 109 61 51 U 511 512513 514 515 516 517 518 519 520 S(u) 110 59 18 111 101 13 86 115 97 71 U521 522 523 524 525 526 527 528 529 530 S(u) 95 45 77 8 8 67 78 116 4619 U 531 532 533 534 535 536 537 538 539 540 S(u) 79 41 85 11 69 36 2592 14 87 U 541 542 543 544 545 546 547 548 549 550 S(u) 76 113 17 91 11763 23 49 81 90 U 551 552 553 554 555 556 557 558 559 560 S(u) 67 38 4453 65 83 119 3 3 3 U 561 562 563 564 565 566 567 568 569 570 S(u) 3 10376 61 49 83 37 65 87 53 U 571 572 573 574 575 576 577 578 579 580 S(u)72 22 41 19 89 67 16 45 71 81 U 581 582 583 584 585 586 587 588 589 590S(u) 13 111 59 102 109 63 10 117 47 64 U 591 592 593 594 595 596 597 598599 600 S(u) 44 17 58 113 55 38 52 94 7 7 U 601 602 603 604 605 606 607608 609 610 S(u) 67 46 32 25 43 18 47 69 62 11 U 611 612 613 614 615 616617 618 619 620 S(u) 92 85 26 41 15 79 34 19 61 23 U 621 622 623 624 625626 627 628 629 630 S(u) 77 58 101 39 98 63 91 4 4 4 U 631 632 633 634635 636 637 638 639 640 S(u) 117 77 57 45 37 62 54 96 21 59 U 641 642643 644 645 646 647 648 649 650 S(u) 89 115 107 43 13 100 83 101 53 71 U651 652 653 654 655 656 657 658 659 660 S(u) 58 9 9 68 114 55 83 51 1475 U 661 662 663 664 665 666 667 668 669 670 S(u) 33 109 62 24 82 97 3954 74 5 U 671 672 673 674 675 676 677 678 679 680 S(u) 5 5 91 61 87 3657 99 21 95 U 681 682 683 684 685 686 687 688 689 690 S(u) 69 16 43 9249 11 11 50 28 107 U 691 692 693 694 695 696 697 698 699 700 S(u) 17 9723 81 35 88 65 119 6 6 U 701 702 703 704 705 706 707 708 709 710 S(u) 7349 37 87 25 82 89 32 71 13 U 711 712 713 714 715 716 717 718 719 720S(u) 59 33 20 47 88 75 55 104 7 7 U 721 722 723 724 725 726 727 728 729730 S(u) 64 43 94 73 81 52 15 68 61 77 U 731 732 733 734 735 736 737 738739 740 S(u) 101 47 95 8 113 57 74 108 42 17 U 741 742 743 744 745 746747 748 749 750 S(u) 77 26 35 53 116 9 73 83 28 66 U 751 752 753 754 755756 757 758 759 760 S(u) 19 29 39 79 10 91 41 31 21 85 U 761 762 763 764765 766 767 768 769 770 S(u) 43 98 11 56 34 23 35 59 12 73 U 771 772 773774 775 776 777 778 779 780 S(u) 37 25 89 13 118 40 27 55 14 71 U 781782 783 784 785 786 787 788 789 790 S(u) 29 103 15 61 31 95 113 33 67 17U 791 792 793 794 795 796 797 798 799 800 S(u) 35 107 73 56 19 39 20 4121 43 U 801 802 803 804 805 806 807 808 809 810 S(u) 22 68 70 24 74 51105 27 28 29 U 811 812 813 814 815 816 817 818 819 820 S(u) 30 31 97 6735 73 38 40 42 44 U 821 822 823 824 825 826 827 828 829 830 S(u) 93 49105 56 60 65 70 76 84 93 U 831 832 833 834 835 836 837 838 S(u) 105 1191 1 1 1 1 1

According to the calculation result of the maximum value of eachpreamble sequence cyclic shift N_(cs), the ZC root sequence indexes areclassified into 13 groups. The specific grouping situation and thecommon value range of each group of preamble sequence cyclic shiftsN_(cs) are shown in Table 44.

TABLE 44 Grouping situation of maximum values of preamble sequencecyclic shifts N_(CS) Common value range of N_(CS) ZC root sequence index=1 1 2 3 4 5 6 833 834 835 836 837 838 417 418 419 420 421 422 278 279280 281 558 559 560 561 209 210 211 628 629 630 167 168 169 335 336 503504 670 671 672 139 140 699 700 119 120 239 240 359 360 479 480 599 600719 720 105 314 315 524 525 734 93 186 187 373 466 652 653 746 84 252587 755 76 152 153 229 305 381 458 534 610 686 687 763 70 350 489 769 65129 194 258 323 387 452 516 581 645 710 774 60 180 300 539 659 779 56112 224 615 727 783 157 262 367 472 577 682 49 99 148 247 296 395 444543 592 691 740 790 233 326 513 606 ≤19 44 88 221 265 309 353 486 530574 618 751 795 42 126 713 797 40 80 160 200 639 679 759 799 ≤22 38 267343 496 572 801 73 146 219 292 365 401 438 474 547 620 693 766 35 175664 804 ≤26 97 226 355 484 613 742 31 62 342 404 435 497 777 808 30 90150 689 749 809 29 58 87 347 376 405 434 463 492 752 781 810 ≤30 28 81127 54 81 352 379 406 433 460 487 758 785 812 131 236 341 498 603 708 51127 178 356 483 661 712 788 74 222 370 469 617 765 24 48 72 96 144 695743 767 791 815 ≤36 163 303 536 676 68 136 204 272 340 408 431 499 567635 703 771 22 243 287 552 596 817 43 86 172 215 624 667 753 796 21 63776 818 41 82 225 266 307 348 491 532 573 614 757 798 ≤42 20 100 739 81939 78 117 156 195 234 605 644 683 722 761 800 19 248 286 553 591 820 205261 317 522 578 634 237 310 383 456 529 602 107 125 232 250 357 375 464482 589 607 714 732 332 402 437 507 17 137 154 274 291 411 428 548 565685 702 822 ≤50 151 386 453 688 33 181 329 362 477 510 658 806 113 242371 468 597 726 95 190 269 285 364 380 459 475 554 570 649 744 171 202637 668 61 122 183 244 366 473 595 656 717 778 15 45 75 764 794 824 103162 206 368 471 633 677 736 188 217 246 593 622 651 ≤59 71 128 199 256327 384 455 512 583 640 711 768 14 825 55 110 165 220 275 330 509 564619 674 729 784 176 203 230 609 636 663 213 253 293 333 506 546 586 626118 249 354 485 590 721 13 142 271 284 413 426 555 568 697 826 89 394445 750 25 50 238 263 288 313 526 551 576 601 789 814 ≤68 37 111 185 654728 802 158 231 304 377 462 535 608 681 12 36 803 827 59 130 189 260 319390 449 520 579 650 709 780 268 338 501 571 23 46 69 92 115 138 701 724747 770 793 816 34 102 170 669 737 805 123 179 358 481 660 716 11 276298 541 563 828 98 109 207 218 316 414 425 523 621 632 730 741 ≤78 312398 441 527 85 223 308 393 446 531 616 754 388 409 430 451 114 145 259290 549 580 694 725 133 174 399 440 665 706 91 182 192 273 283 374 465556 566 647 657 748 10 829 79 227 306 385 454 533 612 760 322 361 400439 478 517 135 164 270 299 540 569 675 704 124 143 410 429 696 715 ≤8966 132 198 264 396 443 575 641 707 773 289 550 83 166 212 295 378 461544 627 673 756 155 228 301 538 611 684 9 18 397 415 424 442 821 830 116241 598 723 53 106 159 318 521 680 733 786 201 638 26 147 173 320 346493 519 666 692 813 77 214 351 488 625 762 161 339 500 678 193 344 495646 108 191 216 324 407 432 515 623 648 731 ≤102 255 403 436 584 57 277334 391 448 505 562 782 121 363 476 718 8 16 32 807 823 831 372 467 47149 196 345 392 447 494 643 690 792 101 738 177 254 331 508 585 662 328389 450 511 257 325 514 582 382 412 427 457 52 104 245 297 349 490 542594 735 787 184 655 197 321 518 642 94 311 528 745 208 251 294 337 502545 588 631 64 775 7 141 282 416 423 557 698 832

Based on the result of grouping, the first group is discarded, and themaximum values of preamble sequence cyclic shifts N_(cs) are selectedfrom the value ranges of preamble sequence cyclic shifts N_(cs) in theremaining 12 groups to form a preamble sequence cyclic shift set {19,22, 26, 30, 36, 42, 50, 59, 68, 78, 89, 102}. In the order from thesmallest to largest values of the preamble sequence cyclic shiftsN_(cs), indexes 0 to 12 are allocated for the preamble sequence cyclicshifts N_(cs), respectively. The eventually generated preamble sequencecyclic shift set is shown in Table 45.

TABLE 45 Preamble sequence cyclic shift set N_(CS) N_(CS) configurationvalue 0 19 1 22 2 26 3 30 4 36 5 42 6 50 7 59 8 68 9 78 10 89 11 102 12— 13 — 14 — 15 —

Specific Embodiment 30

Based on the specific embodiment 25, in this specific embodiment, acyclic shift sequence of a ZC sequence having a length of N_(zc)=839 isused as a preamble sequence; and, when the sub-carrier spacing of therandom access channel is Δf=1.25 kHz, Δf=2.5 kHz, or Δf=5 kHz, apreferred method for configuring a preamble sequence cyclic shift setspecifically comprises the following steps.

The maximum number of allowable preamble sequence cyclic shifts N_(cs)is determined as 16.

Based on the cell coverage demand, the value of the ZC sequence indexand other conditions and in combination with different degrees offrequency offset, a preamble sequence cyclic shift set when there is no(or negligible) frequency offset, a preamble sequence cyclic shift setwhen the maximum degree of frequency offset is 1 time of the sub-carrierspacing of the random access channel and a preamble sequence cyclicshift set when the maximum degree of frequency offset is 2 times of thesub-carrier spacing of the random access channel are generated,respectively. The eventually generated preamble sequence cyclic shiftsets are shown in Table 46. In Table 46, the set 0 represents a preamblesequence cyclic shift set when there is no or negligible frequencyoffset, the set 1 represents a preamble sequence cyclic shift set whenthe maximum frequency offset is 1 time of the sub-carrier spacing of therandom access channel, the set 2 represents a preamble sequence cyclicshift set when the maximum degree of frequency offset is 2 times of thesub-carrier spacing of the random access channel, and the set 3represents a preamble sequence cyclic shift set when the maximum degreeof frequency offset is 3 times of the sub-carrier spacing of the randomaccess channel.

TABLE 46 Preamble sequence cyclic shift sets N_(CS) N_(CS) valueconfiguration Set 0 Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 0 0 15 17 19 1 13 18 20 22 2 15 2224 26 3 18 26 28 30 4 22 32 34 36 5 26 38 40 42 6 32 46 48 50 7 38 55 5759 8 46 68 70 68 9 59 82 84 78 10 76 100 100 89 11 93 128 116 102 12 119158 138 — 13 167 202 — — 14 279 237 — — 15 419 — — —

Based on the steps 1 to 3, the present disclosure provides a method fordetermining a preamble sequence cyclic shift. As shown in FIG. 44, themethod is applied in a user equipment in which a preamble sequencecyclic shift set is stored in advance. The method comprises thefollowing steps.

Step 1201: A System Information Block (SIB) transmitted by a basestation is received.

After the SIB has been received, a first index carried in the SIB isacquired.

The step of receiving a System Information Block (SIB) transmitted by abase station to acquire a first index carried in the SIB specificallycomprises:

receiving at least one SIB transmitted by the base station; and

selecting one SIB from the at least one SIB according to a presetcondition, and determining the first index carried in the selected SIB.

The preset condition is to preferably select a synchronization signalblock having the highest signal intensity, and each synchronizationsignal block carries at least one SIB.

Or, the preset condition is to select a first received synchronizationsignal block, and each synchronization signal block carries at least oneSIB.

Of course, the specific content of the preset condition is not limitedto the two specific contents mentioned above, and any correlation waycontaining any one of the two specific contents of the preset conditionshall fall into the protection scope of the present disclosure.

Step 1202: A preamble sequence cyclic shift N_(cs) corresponding to thefirst index is determined.

Each preamble sequence cyclic shift N_(cs) corresponds to one firstindex.

This step can specifically comprise the following situations.

I) Each preamble sequence cyclic shift set corresponds to one secondindex, and the step of selecting a preamble sequence cyclic shift N_(cs)corresponding to the first index from the preamble sequence cyclic shiftset stored in advance, according to the first index comprises:

acquiring a second index carried in the SIB; and

selecting a preamble sequence cyclic shift N_(cs) corresponding to thefirst index from the preamble sequence cyclic shift set stored inadvance, according to the first index and the second index.

In the situation I), specifically:

1) when there are at least two preamble sequence cyclic shift setsstored in advance, the step of selecting a preamble sequence cyclicshift N_(cs) corresponding to the first index from the preamble sequencecyclic shift sets stored in advance, according to the first index andthe second index comprises:

selecting a preamble sequence cyclic shift set corresponding to thesecond index from the at least two preamble sequence cyclic shift setsstored in advance, according to the second index; and

selecting a preamble sequence cyclic shift N_(cs) corresponding to thefirst index from the preamble sequence cyclic shift set corresponding tothe second index, according to the first index;

2) when there are at least two preamble sequence cyclic shift setsstored in advance, the step of selecting a preamble sequence cyclicshift N_(cs) corresponding to the first index from the preamble sequencecyclic shift sets stored in advance, according to the first index andthe second index comprises:

selecting a preamble sequence cyclic shift set corresponding to thesecond index, according to the second index and from the at least twopreamble sequence cyclic shift sets stored in advance;

selecting a preamble sequence cyclic shift N_(cs) corresponding to thefirst index from the preamble sequence cyclic shift set corresponding tothe second index, according to the first index; and

when it is unable to generate any preamble sequence based on thephysical index of an initial preamble root sequence and the selectedpreamble sequence cyclic shift N_(cs), determining that the preamblesequence cyclic shift N_(cs) is 0, i.e., NCS=0; or otherwise, keepingthe selected preamble sequence cyclic shift N_(cs) unchanged; and

3) when there is one preamble sequence cyclic shift set stored inadvance, the step of selecting a preamble sequence cyclic shift N_(cs)corresponding to the first index from the preamble sequence cyclic shiftset stored in advance, according to the first index and the second indexcomprises:

when it is determined that the second index is not 0, determining thatthe preamble sequence cyclic shift N_(cs) is 0, i.e., NCS=0; orotherwise, selecting a preamble sequence cyclic shift N_(cs)corresponding to the first index from the preamble sequence cyclic shiftset stored in advance, according to the first index.

II) When there is one preamble sequence cyclic shift set stored inadvance, the step of selecting a preamble sequence cyclic shift N_(cs)corresponding to the first index from the preamble sequence cyclic shiftset stored in advance, according to the first index comprises:

if a direct configuration of a preamble sequence cyclic shift N_(cs)(zeroCyclicShift) indication is carried in the SIB, determining that thepreamble sequence cyclic shift N_(cs) is 0, i.e., NCS=0; or otherwise,selecting a preamble sequence cyclic shift N_(cs) corresponding to thefirst index from the preamble sequence cyclic shift set stored inadvance, according to the first index.

III) When there is one preamble sequence cyclic shift set stored inadvance and when a zeroCyclicShift indication is carried in the SIB, thestep of selecting a preamble sequence cyclic shift N_(cs) correspondingto the first index from the preamble sequence cyclic shift set stored inadvance, according to the first index specifically comprises:

if the zeroCyclicShift indication carried in the SIB is 1, determiningthat the preamble sequence cyclic shift is 0, i.e., NCS=0; or otherwise,selecting a preamble sequence cyclic shift N_(cs) corresponding to thefirst index from the preamble sequence cyclic shift set stored inadvance, according to the first index.

The method for determining a preamble sequence cyclic shift provided bythe present disclosure will be specifically described below by severalembodiments.

Embodiment 18

In this embodiment, Table 47 shows examples of all the generatedpreamble sequence cyclic shifts. In Table 47, there are four preamblesequence cyclic shift sets, and there are at most 16 preamble sequencecyclic shift N_(cs) elements in each set. In this case, the index No. ofthe preamble sequence cyclic shift sets is from 0 to 3 (2-bitinformation), and the preamble sequence cyclic shift N_(cs)configuration index No. is from 0 to 15 (4-bit information).

TABLE 47 Preamble sequence cyclic shift sets N_(CS) N_(CS) valueconfiguration Set 0 Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 0 N₀ ⁰ N₀ ¹ N₀ ² N₀ ³ 1 N₁ ⁰ N₁ ¹N₁ ² N₁ ³ 2 N₂ ⁰ N₂ ¹ N₂ ² N₂ ³ 3 N₃ ⁰ N₃ ¹ N₃ ² N₃ ³ 4 N₄ ⁰ N₄ ¹ N₄ ²N₄ ³ 5 N₅ ⁰ N₅ ¹ N₅ ² N₅ ³ 6 N₆ ⁰ N₆ ¹ N₆ ² N₆ ³ 7 N₇ ⁰ N₇ ¹ N₇ ² N₇ ³ 8N₈ ⁰ N₈ ¹ N₈ ² N₈ ³ 9 N₉ ⁰ N₉ ¹ N₉ ² N₉ ³ 10 N₁₀ ⁰ N₁₀ ¹ N₁₀ ² N₁₀ ³ 11N₁₁ ⁰ N₁₁ ¹ N₁₁ ² N₁₁ ³ 12 N₁₂ ⁰ N₁₂ ¹ N₁₂ ² N₁₂ ³ 13 N₁₃ ⁰ N₁₃ ¹ N₁₃ ²— 14 N₁₄ ⁰ N₁₄ ¹ — — 15 N₁₅ ⁰ — — —

With reference to Table 34, in the method for determining a preamblesequence cyclic shift N_(cs) in this embodiment of the presentdisclosure, the random access preamble sequence cyclic shift N_(cs)configuration index (zeroCorrelationZoneConfig) contained in the SIBtransmitted by the base station is one piece of 4-bit information andhas a value range from 0 to 15; and, the preamble sequence cyclic shiftset index (CyclicShiftSetIndex) simultaneously contained in the SIB isone piece of 2-bit information and has a value range from 0 to 3.

When the zeroCorrelationZoneConfig is 13, the CyclicShiftSetIndex cannotbe 3; when the zeroCorrelationZoneConfig is 14, the CyclicShiftSetIndexcannot be 2 or 3; and, when the zeroCorrelationZoneConfig is 15, theCyclicShiftSetIndex cannot be 1, 2 or 3.

The specific method for determining a preamble sequence cyclic shiftwill be described below.

Step 1: A base station transmits a System Information Block (SIB),wherein the ISB contains a random access preamble sequence cyclic shiftN_(cs) configuration index (zeroCorrelationZoneConfig) and a preamblesequence cyclic shift set index (CyclicShiftSetIndex); and, a userequipment receives the SIB, and reads the zeroCorrelationZoneConfig andCyclicShiftSetIndex contained in the SIB.

Step 2: The user equipment selects a corresponding preamble sequencecyclic shift set from all preamble sequence cyclic shift sets, based onthe CyclicShiftSetIndex received in the step 1.

Step 3: The user equipment determines a final preamble sequence cyclicshift N_(cs) from the preamble sequence cyclic shift set selected in thestep 2, based on the zeroCorrelationZoneConfig received in the step 1.

It is to be noted that the above solutions can be adjusted as follows.

Step 1: A base station transmits a System Information Block (SIB), andthe ISB contains the logic index (rootSequenceIndex) of a preamble rootsequence, a random access preamble sequence cyclic shift N_(cs)configuration index (zeroCorrelationZoneConfig) and a preamble sequencecyclic shift set index (CyclicShiftSetIndex); and, a user equipmentreceives the SIB, and reads the rootSequenceIndex,zeroCorrelationZoneConfig and CyclicShiftSetIndex contained in the SIB.

Step 2: The user equipment obtains the physical index u of acorresponding initial preamble root sequence based on therootSequenceIndex received in the step 1.

Step 3: The user equipment selects a corresponding preamble sequencecyclic shift set from all preamble sequence cyclic shift sets, based onthe CyclicShiftSetIndex received in the step 1.

Step 4: The user equipment determines a preamble sequence cyclic shiftN_(cs) from the preamble sequence cyclic shift set selected in the step2, based on the zeroCorrelationZoneConfig received in the step 1.

Step 5: If the CyclicShiftSetIndex is 1 or 2 and it is unable togenerate any preamble sequence based on the physical index u of theinitial preamble root sequence obtained in the step 2 and the preamblesequence cyclic shift N_(cs) obtained in the step 4, it is determinedthat NCS=0; or otherwise, the preamble sequence cyclic shift N_(cs)determined in the step 4 is kept unchanged.

In addition, it is also to be noted that the steps in the method fordetermining a preamble sequence cyclic shift are also applicable tomulti-beam operations. As shown in Table 34, in the step 1, the basestation can transmit SIBs containing 4-bit preamble sequence cyclicshift N_(cs) configuration indexes and 2-bit preamble sequence cyclicshift set indexes of different lengths, according to different cellcoverage demands corresponding to different beams and on differentbeams. If the user equipment has detected SIBs in at least onesynchronization signal block, the user equipment selects an SIB in onesynchronization signal block, according to the maximum received signalstrength criterion, the first reception criterion or other criterions,and reads the preamble sequence cyclic shift N_(cs) configuration indexand the preamble sequence cyclic shift set index in this SIB.

Embodiment 19

In this embodiment, Table 48 shows examples of all the generatedpreamble sequence cyclic shift sets. In Table 48, there are threepreamble sequence cyclic shift sets, and there are at most 16 preamblesequence cyclic shift N_(cs) elements in each set. In this case, theindex No. of the preamble sequence cyclic shift sets is from 0 to 2(2-bit information), and the preamble sequence cyclic shift N_(cs)configuration index No. is from 0 to 15 (4-bit information).

TABLE 48 Preamble sequence cyclic shift sets N_(CS) N_(CS) valueconfiguration Set 0 Set 1 Set 2 0 N₀ ⁰ N₀ ¹ N₀ ² 1 N₁ ⁰ N₁ ¹ N₁ ² 2 N₂ ⁰N₂ ¹ N₂ ² 3 N₃ ⁰ N₃ ¹ N₃ ² 4 N₄ ⁰ N₄ ¹ N₄ ² 5 N₅ ⁰ N₅ ¹ N₅ ² 6 N₆ ⁰ N₆ ¹N₆ ² 7 N₇ ⁰ N₇ ¹ N₇ ² 8 N₈ ⁰ N₈ ¹ N₈ ² 9 N₉ ⁰ N₉ ¹ N₉ ² 10 N₁₀ ⁰ N₁₀ ¹N₁₀ ² 11 N₁₁ ⁰ N₁₁ ¹ N₁₁ ² 12 N₁₂ ⁰ N₁₂ ¹ N₁₂ ² 13 N₁₃ ⁰ N₁₃ ¹ N₁₃ ² 14N₁₄ ⁰ N₁₄ ¹ — 15 N₁₅ ⁰ — —

With reference to Table 48, in the method for determining a preamblesequence cyclic shift N_(cs) in this embodiment of the presentdisclosure, the random access preamble sequence cyclic shift N_(cs)configuration index (zeroCorrelationZoneConfig) contained in the SIBtransmitted by the base station is one piece of 4-bit information andhas a value range from 0 to 15; and, the preamble sequence cyclic shiftset index (CyclicShiftSetIndex) simultaneously contained in the SIB isone piece of 2-bit information and has a value range from 0 to 2.

When the zeroCorrelationZoneConfig is 14, the CyclicShiftSetIndex cannotbe 2; and, when the zeroCorrelationZoneConfig is 15, theCyclicShiftSetIndex cannot be 1 or 2.

The specific method for determining a preamble sequence cyclic shiftwill be described below.

Step 1: A base station transmits a System Information Block (SIB);wherein the SIB contains a random access preamble sequence cyclic shiftN_(cs) configuration index (zeroCorrelationZoneConfig) and a preamblesequence cyclic shift set index (CyclicShiftSetIndex); and, a userequipment receives the SIB, and reads the zeroCorrelationZoneConfig andCyclicShiftSetIndex contained in the SIB.

Step 2: The user equipment selects a corresponding preamble sequencecyclic shift set from all preamble sequence cyclic shift sets, based onthe CyclicShiftSetIndex received in the step 1.

Step 3: The user equipment determines a final preamble sequence cyclicshift N_(cs) from the preamble sequence cyclic shift set selected in thestep 2, based on the zeroCorrelationZoneConfig received in the step 1.

It is to be noted that the above solutions can be adjusted as follows.

Step 1: A base station transmits a System Information Block (SIB),wherein the SIB contains the logic index (rootSequenceIndex) of apreamble root sequence, a random access preamble sequence cyclic shiftN_(cs) configuration index (zeroCorrelationZoneConfig) and a preamblesequence cyclic shift set index (CyclicShiftSetIndex); and, a userequipment receives the SIB, and reads the rootSequenceIndex,zeroCorrelationZoneConfig and CyclicShiftSetIndex contained in the SIB.

Step 2: The user equipment determines the physical index u of acorresponding initial preamble root sequence based on therootSequenceIndex received in the step 1.

Step 3: The user equipment selects a corresponding preamble sequencecyclic shift set from all preamble sequence cyclic shift sets, based onthe CyclicShiftSetIndex received in the step 1.

Step 4: The user equipment selects a preamble sequence cyclic shiftN_(cs) from the preamble sequence cyclic shift set selected in the step2, based on the zeroCorrelationZoneConfig received in the step 1.

Step 5: If the CyclicShiftSetIndex is 1 or 2 and it is unable togenerate any preamble sequence based on the physical index u of theinitial preamble root sequence obtained in the step 2 and the preamblesequence cyclic shift N_(cs) determined in the step 4, it is determinedthat NCS=0; or otherwise, the preamble sequence cyclic shift N_(cs)determined in the step 4 is kept unchanged.

In addition, it is also to be noted that the steps in the method fordetermining a preamble sequence cyclic shift are also applicable tomulti-beam operations. As shown in Table 35, in the step 1, the basestation can transmit SIBs containing 4-bit preamble sequence cyclicshift N_(cs) configuration indexes and 2-bit preamble sequence cyclicshift set indexes of different lengths, according to different cellcoverage demands corresponding to different beams and on differentbeams. If the user equipment has detected SIBs in at least onesynchronization signal block, the user equipment selects an SIB in onesynchronization signal block, according to the maximum received signalstrength criterion, the first reception criterion or other criterions,and reads the preamble sequence cyclic shift N_(cs) configuration indexand the preamble sequence cyclic shift set index in this SIB.

Embodiment 20

In this embodiment, Table 49 shows examples of all the generatedpreamble sequence cyclic shift sets. In Table 49, there are two preamblesequence cyclic shift sets, and there are at most 16 preamble sequencecyclic shift N_(cs) elements in each set. In this case, the index No. ofthe preamble sequence cyclic shift sets is from 0 to 1 (1-bitinformation), and the preamble sequence cyclic shift N_(cs)configuration index No. is from 0 to 15 (4-bit information).

TABLE 49 Preamble sequence cyclic shift sets N_(CS) N_(CS) valueconfiguration Set 0 Set 1 0 N₀ ⁰ N₀ ¹ 1 N₁ ⁰ N₁ ¹ 2 N₂ ⁰ N₂ ¹ 3 N₃ ⁰ N₃¹ 4 N₄ ⁰ N₄ ¹ 5 N₅ ⁰ N₅ ¹ 6 N₆ ⁰ N₆ ¹ 7 N₇ ⁰ N₇ ¹ 8 N₈ ⁰ N₈ ¹ 9 N₉ ⁰ N₉¹ 10 N₁₀ ⁰ N₁₀ ¹ 11 N₁₁ ⁰ N₁₁ ¹ 12 N₁₂ ⁰ N₁₂ ¹ 13 N₁₃ ⁰ N₁₃ ¹ 14 N₁₄ ⁰N₁₄ ¹ 15 N₁₅ ⁰ —

With reference to Table 49, in the method for determining a preamblesequence cyclic shift N_(cs) in this embodiment of the presentdisclosure, the random access preamble sequence cyclic shift N_(cs)configuration index (zeroCorrelationZoneConfig) contained in the SIBtransmitted by the base station is one piece of 4-bit information andhas a value range from 0 to 15; and, the preamble sequence cyclic shiftset index (CyclicShiftSetIndex) simultaneously contained in the SIB isone piece of 1-bit information and has a value range from 0 to 1.

When the zeroCorrelationZoneConfig is 15, the CyclicShiftSetIndex cannotbe 1.

The specific method for determining a preamble sequence cyclic shiftwill be described below.

Step 1: A base station transmits a System Information Block (SIB),wherein the SIB contains the logic index (rootSequenceIndex) of apreamble root sequence, a random access preamble sequence cyclic shiftN_(cs) configuration index (zeroCorrelationZoneConfig) and a preamblesequence cyclic shift set index (CyclicShiftSetIndex); and, a userequipment receives the SIB, and reads the rootSequenceIndex,zeroCorrelationZoneConfig and CyclicShiftSetIndex contained in the SIB.

Step 2: The user equipment determines the physical index u of acorresponding initial preamble root sequence based on therootSequenceIndex received in the step 1.

Step 3: The user equipment selects a corresponding preamble sequencecyclic shift set from all preamble sequence cyclic shift sets, based onthe CyclicShiftSetIndex received in the step 1.

Step 4: The user equipment selects a preamble sequence cyclic shiftN_(cs) from the preamble sequence cyclic shift set selected in the step2, based on the zeroCorrelationZoneConfig received in the step 1.

Step 5: If the CyclicShiftSetIndex is 1 and it is unable to generate anypreamble sequence based on the physical index u of the initial preambleroot sequence obtained in the step 2 and the preamble sequence cyclicshift N_(cs) determined in the step 4, it is determined that NCS=0; orotherwise, the preamble sequence cyclic shift N_(cs) determined in thestep 4 is kept unchanged.

In addition, it is also to be noted that the steps in the method fordetermining a preamble sequence cyclic shift are also applicable tomulti-beam operations. As shown in Table 36, in the step 1, the basestation can transmit SIBs containing 4-bit preamble sequence cyclicshift N_(cs) configuration indexes and 1-bit preamble sequence cyclicshift set indexes of different lengths, according to different cellcoverage demands corresponding to different beams and on differentbeams. If the user equipment has detected SIBs in at least onesynchronization signal block, the user equipment selects an SIB in onesynchronization signal block according to the maximum received signalstrength criterion, the first reception criterion or other criterions,and reads the preamble sequence cyclic shift N_(cs) configuration indexand the preamble sequence cyclic shift set index in this SIB.

Embodiment 21

In this embodiment, as shown in Table 50, only one preamble sequencecyclic shift set is generated. There are P preamble sequence cyclicshift N_(cs) elements in this set. In this case, the preamble sequencecyclic shift N_(cs) configuration index No. is from 0 to P−1.

TABLE 50 Preamble sequence cyclic shift set N_(CS) N_(CS) configurationvalue 0 N₀ 1 N₁ 2 N₂ . . . P − 1 N_(P−1)

With reference to Table 50, the method for determining a preamblesequence cyclic shift N_(cs) in this embodiment of the presentdisclosure is as follows.

Step 1: A base station transmits a System Information Block (SIB),wherein the SIB contains a random access preamble sequence cyclic shiftN_(cs) configuration index (zeroCorrelationZoneConfig) and a preamblesequence cyclic shift set index (CyclicShiftSetIndex); and, a userequipment receives the SIB, and reads the zeroCorrelationZoneConfig andCyclicShiftSetIndex contained in the SIB.

Step 2: Based on the CyclicShiftSetIndex received in the step 1, theuser equipment makes the following selections: if theCyclicShiftSetIndex is not 0, determining that N_(cs)=0; or otherwise,if the CyclicShiftSetIndex is 0, proceeding to the step 3.

Step 3: If the CyclicShiftSetIndex received by the user equipment in thestep 1 is 0, the user equipment determines, based on thezeroCorrelationZoneConfig received in the step 1 and from a preamblesequence cyclic shift set, a final preamble sequence cyclic shiftN_(cs).

In addition, it is also to be noted that the steps in the method fordetermining a preamble sequence cyclic shift N_(cs) are also applicableto multi-beam operations. As shown in Table 37, in the step 1, the basestation can transmit, according to different cell coverage demandscorresponding to different beams and on different beams, SIBs containingdifferent preamble sequence cyclic shift N_(cs) configuration indexes.If the user equipment has detected SIBs in at least one synchronizationsignal block, the user equipment selects, according to the maximumreceived signal strength criterion, the first reception criterion orother criterions, an SIB in one synchronization signal block, and readsthe preamble sequence cyclic shift N_(cs) configuration index and thepreamble sequence N_(cs) set index in this SIB.

Embodiment 22

In this embodiment, as shown in Table 51, only one preamble sequencecyclic shift set is generated. There are P preamble sequence cyclicshift N_(cs) elements in this set. In this case, the preamble sequencecyclic shift N_(cs) configuration index No. is from 0 to P−1.

TABLE 51 Preamble sequence cyclic shift set N_(CS) N_(CS) configurationvalue 0 N₀ 1 N₁ 2 N₂ . . . P − 1 N_(P−1)

With reference to Table 51, the method for determining a preamblesequence cyclic shift N_(cs) in this embodiment of the presentdisclosure is as follows.

Step 1: A base station transmits a System Information Block (SIB),wherein the SIB contains a random access preamble sequence cyclic shiftN_(cs) configuration index (zeroCorrelationZoneConfig). In addition, theSIB possibly contains a direct configuration of a preamble sequencecyclic shift N_(cs) (zeroCyclicShift) indication. A user equipmentreceives the SIB, and reads the zeroCorrelationZoneConfig contained inthe SIB and the zeroCyclicShift indication possibly contained in theSIB.

Step 2: Based on the CyclicShiftSetIndex received in the step 1 and thezeroCyclicShift indication possibly received in the step 1, the userequipment makes the following selections: if the zeroCyclicShiftindication has been received, determining that the preamble sequencecyclic shift N_(cs) is 0, i.e., N_(cs)=0; or otherwise, if thezeroCyclicShift indication has not been received, proceeding to the step3.

Step 3: If the user equipment has not received the zeroCyclicShiftindication in the step 1, the user equipment determines, based on thezeroCorrelationZoneConfig received in the step 1 and from a preamblesequence cyclic shift set, a final preamble sequence cyclic shiftN_(cs).

In addition, it is also to be noted that the steps in the method fordetermining a preamble sequence cyclic shift N_(cs) are also applicableto multi-beam operations. As shown in Table 38, in the step 1, the basestation can transmit, according to different cell coverage demandscorresponding to different beams and on different beams, SIBs containingdifferent preamble sequence cyclic shift N_(cs) configuration indexesand different presence conditions of the indication of directconfiguration of a preamble sequence cyclic shift N_(cs). If the userequipment has detected SIBs in at least one synchronization signalblock, the user equipment selects, according to the maximum receivedsignal strength criterion, the first reception criterion or othercriterions, an SIB in one synchronization signal block, and reads thepreamble sequence cyclic shift N_(cs) configuration index contained inthis SIB and the indication of direct configuration of a preamblesequence cyclic shift N_(cs) possibly contained in this SIB.

Embodiment 23

In this embodiment, as shown in Table 52, only one preamble sequencecyclic shift set is generated. There are P preamble sequence cyclicshift N_(cs) elements in this set. In this case, the preamble sequencecyclic shift N_(cs) configuration index No. is from 0 to P−1.

TABLE 52 Preamble sequence cyclic shift set N_(CS) N_(CS) configurationvalue 0 N₀ 1 N₁ 2 N₂ . . . . . . P − 1 N_(P−1)

With reference to Table 52, the method for determining a preamblesequence cyclic shift N_(cs) in this embodiment of the presentdisclosure is as follows.

Step 1: A base station transmits a System Information Block (SIB),wherein the SIB contains a random access preamble sequence cyclic shiftconfiguration index (zeroCorrelationZoneConfig) and a directconfiguration of a preamble sequence cyclic shift (zeroCyclicShift)indication. A user equipment receives the SIB, and reads thezeroCorrelationZoneConfig and zeroCyclicShift indication contained inthe SIB.

Step 2: Based on the CyclicShiftSetIndex received in the step 1 and thezeroCyclicShift indication possibly received in the step 1, the userequipment makes the following selections: if the receivedzeroCyclicShift indication is 1, determining that the preamble sequencecyclic shift N is 0, i.e., N_(cs)=0; or otherwise, if the receivedzeroCyclicShift indication is not 1, proceeding to the step 3.

Step 3: If the zeroCyclicShift indication received by the user equipmentin the step 1 is not 1, the user equipment determines, based on thezeroCorrelationZoneConfig received in the step 1 and from a preamblesequence cyclic shift set, a final preamble sequence cyclic shiftN_(cs).

In addition, it is also to be noted that the steps in the method fordetermining a preamble sequence cyclic shift N_(cs) are also applicableto multi-beam operations. As shown in Table 39, in the step 1, the basestation can transmit, according to different cell coverage demandscorresponding to different beams and on different beams, SIBs containingdifferent preamble sequence cyclic shift N_(cs) configuration indexesand the indication of direct configuration of a preamble sequence cyclicshift N_(cs). If the user equipment has detected SIBs in at least onesynchronization signal block, the user equipment selects, according tothe maximum received signal strength criterion, the first receptioncriterion or other criterions, an SIB in one synchronization signalblock, and reads the preamble sequence cyclic shift N_(cs) configurationindex and the indication of direct configuration of a preamble sequencecyclic shift N_(cs) contained in this SIB.

The method for generating a preamble sequence provided by the presentdisclosure will be specifically described below by several embodiments.

Embodiment 24

This embodiment will describe a method for generating a preamblesequence when the maximum allowable degree of frequency offset of thesystem is 2 times of the sub-carrier spacing of the random accesschannel and it is determined that the preamble sequence cyclic shiftN_(cs) is not 0.

During the random access process, a cyclic shift sequence of a ZCsequence having a length of N_(zc) is used as a preamble sequence, andthe uth (where 1≤u≤N_(zc)−1) root sequence is:

${{x_{u}(n)} = e^{{- j}\frac{\pi \; u\; {n{({n + 1})}}}{N_{ZC}}}},{0 \leq n \leq {N_{ZC} - 1}}$

where u is a root sequence physical index of the ZC sequence. It isdefined as follows:

$d_{u\; 1} = \left\{ {{\begin{matrix}d_{u\; 1}^{+} & {0 \leq d_{u\; 1}^{+} < {N_{ZC}/2}} \\{N_{ZC} - d_{u\; 1}^{+}} & {otherwise}\end{matrix}{and}d_{u\; 2}} = \left\{ \begin{matrix}d_{u\; 2}^{+} & {0 \leq d_{u\; 2}^{+} < {N_{ZC}/2}} \\{N_{ZC} - d_{u\; 2}^{+}} & {otherwise}\end{matrix} \right.} \right.$

where d_(u1) ⁺=(1/u)mod N_(zc) and d_(u2) ⁺(2/u)mod N_(zc). It isfurther defined as follows:

d _(max)=max(d _(u1) ,d _(u2))

d _(min)=min(d _(u1) ,d _(u2))

The specific steps of generating a preamble sequence are as follows.

Step 1: A terminal determines a preamble sequence cyclic shift N_(cs)that is not 0, then determines a corresponding initial physical rootsequence index u based on an initial root sequence logic indextransmitted by a base station, and determines the number M of preamblesequences to be generated.

Step 2: With regard to the physical root sequence index u, a cyclicshift ZC sequence having a ZCZ (Zero Correlation Zone) length of N_(zc)is generated by the following formula:

x _(u,v)(n)=x _(u)((n+C _(v))mod N _(zc))

where the absolute cyclic shift C_(v) can be expressed as follows:

C _(v) =d _(start) └v/n _(shift) ^(RA)┘+(v mod n _(shift) ^(RA))N _(cs)v=0,1, . . . ,n _(shift) ^(RA) n _(group) ^(RA) +n _(shift) ^(RA)−1

Related parameters can be further expressed as follows:

if N _(cs) ≤d _(min) ≤d _(max) ≤N _(zc)/3, then:

n _(shift) ^(RA)=min(└d _(min) /N _(cs)┘,└(d _(max) −d _(min))/N _(cs)┘)

d _(start)=2d _(max) +n _(shift) ^(RA) N _(cs)

n _(group) ^(RA) =└N _(zc) /d _(start)┘

n _(shift) ^(RA)=max(└(n _(zc)−2d _(min) −n _(group) ^(RA) d _(start))/n_(cs)┘,0);  (1)

if N _(cs)/3≤d _(min) ≤d _(max)≤(N _(zc) −N _(cs))/3, then:

n _(shift) ^(RA)=min(└N _(zc)−2d _(max))/N _(cs)┘,└(d _(max) −d_(min))/N _(cs)┘)

d _(start) =N _(zc)−2d _(min) +n _(shift) ^(RA) N _(cs)

n _(group) ^(RA) =└d _(min) /d _(start)┘

n _(shift) ^(RA)=min(max(└(d _(min) −n _(group) ^(RA) d _(start))/n_(cs)┘,0)n _(shift) ^(RA));  (2)

if N _(cs) ≤d _(min) <N _(cs)/3<d _(max)≤(N _(zc) −N _(cs))/3, then:

n _(shift) ^(RA1)=min(└d _(min) /N _(cs)┘,└(d _(max) −d _(min))/N_(cs)┘)

d _(start) ¹=2d _(max) +n _(shift) ^(RA1) N _(cs)

n _(group) ^(RA1) =└n _(zc) /d _(start) ¹┘

n _(shift) ^(RA1)=max(└(N _(zc)−2d _(max) −n _(group) ^(RA1) d _(start)¹)/n _(cs)┘,0)

n _(shift) ^(RA2)=min(└N _(zc)−2d _(max))/N _(cs)┘,└(d _(max) −d_(min))/N _(cs)┘)

d _(start) ² =N _(zc)−2d _(min) +n _(shift) ^(RA2) N _(cs)

n _(group) ^(RA2) =└d _(min) /d _(start) ²┘

n _(shift) ^(RA2)=min(max(└(d _(min) −n _(group) ^(RA2) d _(start) ²)/n_(cs)┘,0)n _(shift) ^(RA2));

if n_(shift) ^(RA1)n_(group) ^(RA1)+n _(shift) ^(RA1)≥n_(shift)^(RA2)n_(group) ^(RA2)+n _(shift) ^(RA2), then n_(shift) ^(RA)=n_(shift)^(RA1), n_(group) ^(RA)=n_(group) ^(RA1), n _(shift) ^(RA1)=n_(group)^(RA1); and

if n_(shift) ^(RA1)n_(group) ^(RA1)+n _(shift) ^(RA1)≥n_(shift)^(RA2)n_(group) ^(RA2)+n _(shift) ^(RA2), then n_(shift) ^(RA)=n_(shift)^(RA2), n_(group) ^(RA)=n_(group) ^(RA2), n _(shift) ^(RA)=n_(group)^(RA2).

For a same physical root sequence index u, all preamble sequences ofthis root sequence are generated based on different values of C_(v) bythe formula (if it is unable to generate any preamble sequence based onthe physical root sequence index u, the preamble sequence cyclic shiftN_(cs) and the formula, this physical root sequence index u will beskipped, and the step 3 will be executed).

Step 3: The logic root sequence index is added by 1 to update thecorresponding physical root sequence index u, and the step 2 is repeateduntil total M preamble sequences are generated.

Embodiment 25

This embodiment will describe a method for generating a preamblesequence when the maximum allowable degree of frequency offset of thesystem is 2 times of the sub-carrier spacing of the random accesschannel and the preamble sequence cyclic shift N_(cs) is determined.

In this embodiment, as shown in Table 53, there are 2 preamble sequencecyclic shift sets. The eventually used set is indicated by a preamblesequence cyclic shift set index (CyclicShiftSetIndex) transmitted by abase station. The CyclicShiftSetIndex is one piece of 1-bit informationand has a value range from 0 to 1.

TABLE 53 Preamble sequence cyclic shift sets N_(CS) N_(CS) valueconfiguration Set 0 Set 1 0 N₀ ⁰ N₀ ¹ 1 N₁ ⁰ N₁ ¹ 2 N₂ ⁰ N₂ ¹ . . . . .. . . . P − 2 N_(P−2) ⁰ N_(P−2) ¹ P − 1 N_(P−1) ⁰ —

During the random access process, a cyclic shift sequence of a ZCsequence having a length of N_(zc) is used as a preamble sequence, andthe uth (where 1≤u≤N_(zc)−1) root sequence is:

${{x_{u}(n)} = e^{{- j}\frac{\pi \; u\; {n{({n + 1})}}}{N_{ZC}}}},{0 \leq n \leq {N_{ZC} - 1}}$

where u is a root sequence physical index of the ZC sequence. It isdefined as follows:

$d_{u\; 1} = \left\{ {{\begin{matrix}d_{u\; 1}^{+} & {0 \leq d_{u\; 1}^{+} < {N_{ZC}/2}} \\{N_{ZC} - d_{u\; 1}^{+}} & {otherwise}\end{matrix}{and}d_{u\; 2}} = \left\{ \begin{matrix}d_{u\; 2}^{+} & {0 \leq d_{u\; 2}^{+} < {N_{ZC}/2}} \\{N_{ZC} - d_{u\; 2}^{+}} & {otherwise}\end{matrix} \right.} \right.$

where d_(u1) ⁺=(1/u)mod N_(zc) and d_(u2) ⁺=(2/u)mod N_(zc). It isfurther defined as follows:

d _(max)=max(d _(u1) ,d _(u2))

d _(min)=min(d _(u1) ,d _(u2))

The specific steps of generating a preamble sequence are as follows.

Step 1: A terminal determines a preamble sequence cyclic shift N_(cs),then determines a corresponding initial physical root sequence index ubased on an initial root sequence logic index transmitted by the basestation, and determines the number M of preamble sequences to begenerated.

Step 2: With regard to the physical root sequence index u, a cyclicshift ZC sequence having a ZCZ (Zero Correlation Zone) length of N_(zc)is generated by the following formula:

x _(u,v)(n)=x _(u)((n+C _(v))mod N _(zc))

where the absolute cyclic shift C_(v) can be expressed as follows:

$C_{v} = \left\{ \begin{matrix}{vN}_{CS} & {{{{for}\mspace{14mu} {CyclicShiftSetIndex}} = 0},{N_{CS} \neq 0}} \\0 & {{{for}\mspace{14mu} N_{CS}} = 0} \\\begin{matrix}{{{d_{start}\left\lfloor {v/n_{shift}^{RA}} \right\rfloor} + {\left( {v\mspace{11mu} {mod}\mspace{11mu} n_{shift}^{RA}} \right)N_{CS}}}\mspace{11mu}} \\{{v = 0},1,\ldots \;,{{n_{shift}^{RA}n_{group}^{RA}} + {\overset{\_}{n}}_{shift}^{RA} - 1}}\end{matrix} & {{{for}\mspace{14mu} {CyclicShiftSetIndex}} = 1}\end{matrix} \right.$

When CyclicShiftSetIndex=1, related parameters can be further expressedas follows:

if N _(cs) ≤d _(min) ≤d _(max) ≤N _(zc)/3, then:

n _(shift) ^(RA)=min(└d _(min) /N _(cs)┘,└(d _(max) −d _(min))/N _(cs)┘)

d _(start)=2d _(max) +n _(shift) ^(RA) N _(cs)

n _(group) ^(RA) =└N _(zc) /d _(start)┘

n _(shift) ^(RA)=max(└(n _(zc)−2d _(min) −n _(group) ^(RA) d _(start))/n_(cs)┘,0);  (1)

if N _(cs)/3≤d _(min) ≤d _(max)≤(N _(zc) −N _(cs))/3, then:

n _(shift) ^(RA)=min(└N _(zc)−2d _(max))/N _(cs)┘,└(d _(max) −d_(min))/N _(cs)┘)

d _(start) =N _(zc)−2d _(min) +n _(shift) ^(RA) N _(cs)

n _(group) ^(RA) =└d _(min) /d _(start)┘

n _(shift) ^(RA)=min(max(└(d _(min) −n _(group) ^(RA) d _(start))/n_(cs)┘,0)n _(shift) ^(RA));  (2)

if N _(cs) ≤d _(min) <N _(cs)/3<d _(max)≤(N _(zc) −N _(cs))/3, then:

n _(shift) ^(RA1)=min(└d _(min) /N _(cs)┘,└(d _(max) −d _(min))/N_(cs)┘)

d _(start) ¹=2d _(max) +n _(shift) ^(RA1) N _(cs)

n _(group) ^(RA1) =└n _(zc) /d _(start) ¹┘

n _(shift) ^(RA1)=max(└(N _(zc)−2d _(max) −n _(group) ^(RA1) d _(start)¹)/n _(cs)┘,0)

n _(shift) ^(RA2)=min(└N _(zc)−2d _(max))/N _(cs)┘,└(d _(max) −d_(min))/N _(cs)┘)

d _(start) ² =N _(zc)−2d _(min) +n _(shift) ^(RA2) N _(cs)

n _(group) ^(RA2) =└d _(min) /d _(start) ²┘

n _(shift) ^(RA2)=min(max(└(d _(min) −n _(group) ^(RA2) d _(start) ²)/n_(cs)┘,0)n _(shift) ^(RA2));  (3)

if n_(shift) ^(RA1)n_(group) ^(RA1)+n _(shift) ^(RA1)≥n_(shift)^(RA2)n_(group) ^(RA2)+n _(shift) ^(RA2), then n_(shift) ^(RA)=n_(shift)^(RA1), n_(group) ^(RA)=n_(group) ^(RA1), n _(shift) ^(RA1)=n_(group)^(RA1); and

if n_(shift) ^(RA1)n_(group) ^(RA1)+n _(shift) ^(RA1)≥n_(shift)^(RA2)n_(group) ^(RA2)+n _(shift) ^(RA2), then n_(shift) ^(RA)=n_(shift)^(RA2), n_(group) ^(RA)=n_(group) ^(RA2), n _(shift) ^(RA)=n_(group)^(RA2).

For a same physical root sequence index u, all preamble sequences ofthis root sequence are generated based on different values of C_(v) bythe formula (if it is unable to generate any preamble sequence based onthe physical root sequence index u, the preamble sequence cyclic shiftN_(cs) and the formula, this physical root sequence index u will beskipped, and the step 3 will be executed).

Step 3: The logic root sequence index is added by 1 to update thecorresponding physical root sequence index u, and the step 2 is repeateduntil total M preamble sequences are generated.

Embodiment 26

This embodiment will describe a method for generating a preamblesequence when the maximum allowable degree of frequency offset of thesystem is 2 times of the sub-carrier spacing of the random accesschannel and the preamble sequence cyclic shift N_(cs) is determined.

In this embodiment, as shown in Table 54, there are 3 preamble sequencecyclic shift sets. The eventually used set is indicated by a preamblesequence cyclic shift set index (CyclicShiftSetIndex) transmitted by abase station. The CyclicShiftSetIndex is one piece of 2-bit informationand has a value range from 0 to 2.

TABLE 54 Preamble sequence cyclic shift sets N_(CS) N_(CS) valueconfiguration Set 0 Set 1 Set 2 0 N₀ ⁰ N₀ ¹ 1 N₁ ⁰ N₁ ¹ N₁ ² 2 N₂ ⁰ N₂ ¹N₂ ² . . . . . . . . . . . . P − 3 N_(P−3) ⁰ N_(P−3) ¹ N_(P−3) ² P − 2N_(P−2) ⁰ N_(P−2) ¹ — P − 1 N_(P−1) ⁰ — —

During the random access process, a cyclic shift sequence of a ZCsequence having a length of N_(zc) is used as a preamble sequence, andthe uth (where 1≤u≤N_(zc)−1) root sequence is:

${{x_{u}(n)} = e^{{- j}\frac{\pi \; u\; {n{({n + 1})}}}{N_{ZC}}}},{0 \leq n \leq {N_{ZC} - 1}}$

where u is a root sequence physical index of the ZC sequence. It isdefined as follows:

$d_{u\; 1} = \left\{ {{\begin{matrix}d_{u\; 1}^{+} & {0 \leq d_{u\; 1}^{+} < {N_{ZC}/2}} \\{N_{ZC} - d_{u\; 1}^{+}} & {otherwise}\end{matrix}{and}d_{u\; 2}} = \left\{ \begin{matrix}d_{u\; 2}^{+} & {0 \leq d_{u\; 2}^{+} < {N_{ZC}/2}} \\{N_{ZC} - d_{u\; 2}^{+}} & {otherwise}\end{matrix} \right.} \right.$

where d_(u1) ⁺(=(1/u)mod N_(zc) and d_(u2) ⁺=(2/u)mod N_(zc). It isfurther defined as follows:

d _(max)=max(d _(u1) ,d _(u2))

d _(min)=min(d _(u1) ,d _(u2))

The specific steps of generating a preamble sequence are as follows.

Step 1: A terminal determines a preamble sequence cyclic shift N_(cs),then determines, based on an initial root sequence logic indextransmitted by the base station, a corresponding initial physical rootsequence index u, and determines the number M of preamble sequences tobe generated.

Step 2: With regard to the physical root sequence index u, a cyclicshift ZC sequence having a ZCZ (Zero Correlation Zone) length of N_(zc)is generated by the following formula:

x _(u,v)(n)=x _(u)((n+C _(v))mod N _(zc))

where the absolute cyclic shift C_(v) can be expressed as follows:

$C_{v} = \left\{ \begin{matrix}{vN}_{CS} & {{{{for}\mspace{14mu} {CyclicShiftSetIndex}} = 0},{N_{CS} \neq 0}} \\0 & {{{for}\mspace{14mu} N_{CS}} = 0} \\\begin{matrix}{{{d_{start}\left\lfloor {v/n_{shift}^{RA}} \right\rfloor} + {\left( {v\mspace{11mu} {mod}\mspace{11mu} n_{shift}^{RA}} \right)N_{CS}}}\mspace{11mu}} \\{{v = 0},1,\ldots \;,{{n_{shift}^{RA}n_{group}^{RA}} + {\overset{\_}{n}}_{shift}^{RA} - 1}}\end{matrix} & {{{for}\mspace{14mu} {CyclicShiftSetIndex}} = 1}\end{matrix} \right.$

When CyclicShiftSetIndex=1, the related parameters can be furtherexpressed as follows:

if N _(cs) ≤d _(u1) ≤N _(zc)/3, then:

n _(shift) ^(RA) =└d _(u1) /N _(cs)┘

d _(start)=2d _(u1) +n _(shift) ^(RA) N _(cs)

n _(group) ^(RA) =└N _(zc) /d _(start)┘

n _(shift) ^(RA)=max(└(n _(zc)−2d _(u1) −n _(group) ^(RA) d _(start))/n_(cs)┘,0);  (1)

if N _(cs)/3≤d _(u1)≤(N _(zc) −N _(cs))/2, then:

n _(shift) ^(RA)=└(N _(zc)−2d _(u1))/N _(cs)┘,

d _(start) =N _(zc)−2d _(u1) +n _(shift) ^(RA) N _(cs)

n _(group) ^(RA) =└d _(u1) /d _(start)┘

n _(shift) ^(RA)=min(max(└(d _(min) −n _(group) ^(RA) d _(start))/n_(cs)┘,0)n _(shift) ^(RA));  (2)

When CyclicShiftSetIndex=2, the related parameters can be furtherexpressed as follows:

if N _(cs) ≤d _(min) ≤d _(max) ≤N _(zc)/3, then:

n _(shift) ^(RA)=min(└d _(min) /N _(cs)┘,└(d _(max) −d _(min))/N _(cs)┘)

d _(start)=2d _(max) +n _(shift) ^(RA) N _(cs)

n _(group) ^(RA) =└N _(zc) /d _(start)┘

n _(shift) ^(RA)=max(└(n _(zc)−2d _(min) −n _(group) ^(RA) d _(start))/n_(cs)┘,0);  (1)

if N _(cs)/3≤d _(min) ≤d _(max)≤(N _(zc) −N _(cs))/2, then:

n _(shift) ^(RA)=min(└N _(zc)−2d _(max))/N _(cs)┘,└(d _(max) −d_(min))/N _(cs)┘)

d _(start) =N _(zc)−2d _(min) +n _(shift) ^(RA) N _(cs)

n _(group) ^(RA) =└d _(min) /d _(start)┘

n _(shift) ^(RA)=min(max(└(d _(min) −n _(group) ^(RA) d _(start))/n_(cs)┘,0)n _(shift) ^(RA));  (2)

if N _(cs) ≤d _(min) <N _(cs)/3<d _(max)≤(N _(zc) −N _(cs))/2, then:

n _(shift) ^(RA1)=min(└d _(min) /N _(cs)┘,└(d _(max) −d _(min))/N_(cs)┘)

d _(start) ¹=2d _(max) +n _(shift) ^(RA1) N _(cs)

n _(group) ^(RA1) =└n _(zc) /d _(start) ¹┘

n _(shift) ^(RA1)=max(└(N _(zc)−2d _(max) −n _(group) ^(RA1) d _(start)¹)/n _(cs)┘,0)

n _(shift) ^(RA2)=min(└N _(zc)−2d _(max))/N _(cs)┘,└(d _(max) −d_(min))/N _(cs)┘)

d _(start) ² =N _(zc)−2d _(min) +n _(shift) ^(RA2) N _(cs)

n _(group) ^(RA2) =└d _(min) /d _(start) ²┘

n _(shift) ^(RA2)=min(max(└(d _(min) −n _(group) ^(RA2) d _(start) ²)/n_(cs)┘,0)n _(shift) ^(RA2));  (3)

if n_(shift) ^(RA1)n_(group) ^(RA1)+n _(shift) ^(RA1)≥n_(shift)^(RA2)n_(group) ^(RA2)+n _(shift) ^(RA2), then n_(shift) ^(RA)=n_(shift)^(RA1), n_(group) ^(RA)=n_(group) ^(RA1), n _(shift) ^(RA1)=n_(group)^(RA1); and

if n_(shift) ^(RA1)n_(group) ^(RA1)+n _(shift) ^(RA1)≥n_(shift)^(RA2)n_(group) ^(RA2)+n _(shift) ^(RA2), then n_(shift) ^(RA)=n_(shift)^(RA2), n_(group) ^(RA)=n_(group) ^(RA2), n _(shift) ^(RA)=n_(group)^(RA2).

For a same physical root sequence index u, all preamble sequences ofthis root sequence are generated based on different values of C_(v) bythe formula (if it is unable to generate any preamble sequence based onthe physical root sequence index u, the preamble sequence cyclic shiftN_(cs) and the formula, this physical root sequence index u will beskipped, and the step 3 will be executed).

Step 3: The logic root sequence index is added by 1 to update thecorresponding physical root sequence index u, and the step 2 is repeateduntil total M preamble sequences are generated.

Embodiment 27

This embodiment will describe a method for generating a preamblesequence when the maximum allowable degree of frequency offset of thesystem is 1 time or 2 times of the sub-carrier spacing of the randomaccess channel and it is determined that the preamble sequence cyclicshift N_(cs) is not 0.

In this embodiment, as shown in Table 55, there are P elements in arestricted preamble sequence set. The value of N_(cs) is indicated by apreamble sequence cyclic shift configuration index(zeroCorrelationZoneConfig) and a threshold T is predefined by thesystem. The zeroCorrelationZoneConfig is one piece of ┌log₂ P┐-bitinformation and has a value range from 0 to P−1; and, the value range ofthe threshold T is 0<T≤P−1.

TABLE 55 Preamble sequence cyclic shift set (restricted set) N_(CS)N_(CS) configuration value 0 N₀ 1 N₁ 2 N₂ . . . . . . P − 1 N_(P−1)

During the random access process, a cyclic shift sequence of a ZCsequence having a length of N_(zc) is used as a preamble sequence, andthe uth (where 1≤u≤N_(zc)−1) root sequence is:

${{x_{u}(n)} = e^{{- j}\frac{\pi \; u\; {n{({n + 1})}}}{N_{ZC}}}},{0 \leq n \leq {N_{ZC} - 1}}$

where u is a root sequence physical index of the ZC sequence. It isdefined as follows:

$d_{u\; 1} = \left\{ {{\begin{matrix}d_{u\; 1}^{+} & {0 \leq d_{u\; 1}^{+} < {N_{ZC}/2}} \\{N_{ZC} - d_{u\; 1}^{+}} & {otherwise}\end{matrix}{and}d_{u\; 2}} = \left\{ \begin{matrix}d_{u\; 2}^{+} & {0 \leq d_{u\; 2}^{+} < {N_{ZC}/2}} \\{N_{ZC} - d_{u\; 2}^{+}} & {otherwise}\end{matrix} \right.} \right.$

where d_(u1) ⁺=(1/u)mod N_(zc) and d_(u2) ⁺(2/u)mod N_(zc). It isfurther defined as follows:

d _(max)=max(d _(u1) ,d _(u2))

d _(min)=min(d _(u1) ,d _(u2))

The specific steps of generating a preamble sequence are as follows.

Step 1: A terminal determines a preamble sequence cyclic shift N_(cs)that is not 0, then determines a corresponding initial physical rootsequence index u based on an initial root sequence logic indextransmitted by a base station, and determines the number M of preamblesequences to be generated.

Step 2: With regard to the physical root sequence index u, a cyclicshift ZC sequence having a ZCZ (Zero Correlation Zone) length of N_(zc)is generated by the following formula:

x _(u,v)(n)=x _(u)((n+C _(v))mod N _(zc))

where the absolute cyclic shift C_(v) can be expressed as follows:

C _(v) =d _(start) └v/n _(shift) ^(RA)┘+(v mod n _(shift) ^(RA))N _(cs)v=0,1, . . . ,n _(shift) ^(RA) n _(group) ^(RA) +n _(shift) ^(RA)−1

If zeroCorrelationZoneConfig<T, the related parameters can be furtherexpressed as follows:

if N _(cs) ≤d _(u1) ≤N _(zc)/3, then:

n _(shift) ^(RA) =└d _(u1) /N _(cs)┘

d _(start)=2d _(u1) +n _(shift) ^(RA) N _(cs)

n _(group) ^(RA) =└N _(zc) /d _(start)┘

n _(shift) ^(RA)=max(└(n _(zc)−2d _(u1) −n _(group) ^(RA) d _(start))/n_(cs)┘,0);  (1)

if N _(cs)/3≤d _(u1)≤(N _(zc) −N _(cs))/2, then:

n _(shift) ^(RA)=└(N _(zc)−2d _(u1))/N _(cs)┘,

d _(start) =N _(zc)−2d _(u1) +n _(shift) ^(RA) N _(cs)

n _(group) ^(RA) =└d _(u1) /d _(start)┘

n _(shift) ^(RA)=min(max(└(d _(min) −n _(group) ^(RA) d _(start))/n_(cs)┘,0)n _(shift) ^(RA));  (2)

If zeroCorrelationZoneConfig≥T, the related parameters can be furtherexpressed as follows:

if N _(cs) ≤d _(min) ≤d _(max) ≤N _(zc)/3, then:

n _(shift) ^(RA)=min(└d _(min) /N _(cs)┘,└(d _(max) −d _(min))/N _(cs)┘)

d _(start)=2d _(max) +n _(shift) ^(RA) N _(cs)

n _(group) ^(RA) =└N _(zc) /d _(start)┘

n _(shift) ^(RA)=max(└(n _(zc)−2d _(min) −n _(group) ^(RA) d _(start))/n_(cs)┘,0);  (1)

if N _(cs)/3≤d _(min) ≤d _(max)≤(N _(zc) −N _(cs))/2, then:

n _(shift) ^(RA)=min(└N _(zc)−2d _(max))/N _(cs)┘,└(d _(max) −d_(min))/N _(cs)┘)

d _(start) =N _(zc)−2d _(min) +n _(shift) ^(RA) N _(cs)

n _(group) ^(RA) =└d _(min) /d _(start)┘

n _(shift) ^(RA)=min(max(└(d _(min) −n _(group) ^(RA) d _(start))/n_(cs)┘,0)n _(shift) ^(RA));  (2)

if N _(cs) ≤d _(min) <N _(cs)/3<d _(max)≤(N _(zc) −N _(cs))/2, then:

n _(shift) ^(RA1)=min(└d _(min) /N _(cs)┘,└(d _(max) −d _(min))/N_(cs)┘)

d _(start) ¹=2d _(max) +n _(shift) ^(RA1) N _(cs)

n _(group) ^(RA1) =└n _(zc) /d _(start) ¹┘

n _(shift) ^(RA1)=max(└(N _(zc)−2d _(max) −n _(group) ^(RA1) d _(start)¹)/n _(cs)┘,0)

n _(shift) ^(RA2)=min(└N _(zc)−2d _(max))/N _(cs)┘,└(d _(max) −d_(min))/N _(cs)┘)

d _(start) ² =N _(zc)−2d _(min) +n _(shift) ^(RA2) N _(cs)

n _(group) ^(RA2) =└d _(min) /d _(start) ²┘

n _(shift) ^(RA2)=min(max(└(d _(min) −n _(group) ^(RA2) d _(start) ²)/n_(cs)┘,0)n _(shift) ^(RA2));  (3)

if n_(shift) ^(RA1)n_(group) ^(RA1)+n _(shift) ^(RA1)≥n_(shift)^(RA2)n_(group) ^(RA2)+n _(shift) ^(RA2), then n_(shift) ^(RA)=n_(shift)^(RA1), n_(group) ^(RA)=n_(group) ^(RA1), n _(shift) ^(RA1)=n_(group)^(RA1); and

if n_(shift) ^(RA1)n_(group) ^(RA1)+n _(shift) ^(RA1)≥n_(shift)^(RA2)n_(group) ^(RA2)+n _(shift) ^(RA2), then n_(shift) ^(RA)=n_(shift)^(RA2), n_(group) ^(RA)=n_(group) ^(RA2), n _(shift) ^(RA)=n_(group)^(RA2).

For a same physical root sequence index u, all preamble sequences ofthis root sequence are generated based on different values of C_(v) bythe formula (if it is unable to generate any preamble sequence based onthe physical root sequence index u, the preamble sequence cyclic shiftN_(cs) and the formula, this physical root sequence index u will beskipped, and the step 3 will be executed).

Step 3: The logic root sequence index is added by 1 to update thecorresponding physical root sequence index u, and the step 2 is repeateduntil total M preamble sequences are generated.

Embodiment 28

This embodiment will describe a method for generating a preamblesequence when the maximum allowable degree of frequency offset of thesystem is 1 time or 2 times of the sub-carrier spacing of the randomaccess channel and it is determined that the preamble sequence cyclicshift N_(cs) is not 0.

In this embodiment, as shown in Table 56, there are P elements in arestricted preamble sequence set. The value of N_(cs) is indicated by apreamble sequence cyclic shift configuration index(zeroCorrelationZoneConfig) and a threshold T is predefined by thesystem. The zeroCorrelationZoneConfig is one piece of ┌log₂ P┐-bitinformation and has a value range from 0 to P−1; and, the value range ofthe threshold T is 0<T≤P−1.

TABLE 56 Preamble sequence cyclic shift set (restricted set) N_(CS)N_(CS) configuration value 0 N₀ 1 N₁ 2 N₂ . . . . . . P − 1 N_(P−1)

During the random access process, a cyclic shift sequence of a ZCsequence having a length of N_(zc) is used as a preamble sequence, andthe uth (where 1≤u≤N_(zc)−1) root sequence is:

${{x_{u}(n)} = e^{{- j}\frac{\pi \; u\; {n{({n + 1})}}}{N_{ZC}}}},{0 \leq n \leq {N_{ZC} - 1}}$

where u is a root sequence physical index of the ZC sequence. It isdefined as follows:

$d_{u\; 1} = \left\{ {{\begin{matrix}d_{u\; 1}^{+} & {0 \leq d_{u\; 1}^{+} < {N_{ZC}/2}} \\{N_{ZC} - d_{u\; 1}^{+}} & {otherwise}\end{matrix}{and}d_{u\; 2}} = \left\{ \begin{matrix}d_{u\; 2}^{+} & {0 \leq d_{u\; 2}^{+} < {N_{ZC}/2}} \\{N_{ZC} - d_{u\; 2}^{+}} & {otherwise}\end{matrix} \right.} \right.$

where d_(u1) ⁺=(1/u)mod N_(zc) and d_(u2) ⁺(2/u)mod N_(zc). It isfurther defined as follows:

d _(max)=max(d _(u1) ,d _(u2))

d _(min)=min(d _(u1) ,d _(u2))

The specific steps of generating a preamble sequence are as follows.

Step 1: A terminal determines a preamble sequence cyclic shift N_(cs)that is not 0, then determines a corresponding initial physical rootsequence index u based on an initial root sequence logic indextransmitted by a base station, and determines the number M of preamblesequences to be generated.

Step 2: With regard to the physical root sequence index u, a cyclicshift ZC sequence having a ZCZ (Zero Correlation Zone) length of N_(zc)is generated by the following formula:

x _(u,v)(n)=x _(u)((n+C _(v))mod N _(zc))

where the absolute cyclic shift C_(v) can be expressed as follows:

C _(v) =d _(start) └v/n _(shift) ^(RA)┘+(v mod n _(shift) ^(RA))N _(cs)v=0,1, . . . ,n _(shift) ^(RA) n _(group) ^(RA) +n _(shift) ^(RA)−1

If zeroCorrelationZoneConfig>T, the related parameters can be furtherexpressed as follows:

if N _(cs) ≤d _(u1) ≤N _(zc)/3, then:

n _(shift) ^(RA) =└d _(u1) /N _(cs)┘

d _(start)=2d _(u1) +n _(shift) ^(RA) N _(cs)

n _(group) ^(RA) =└N _(zc) /d _(start)┘

n _(shift) ^(RA)=max(└(n _(zc)−2d _(u1) −n _(group) ^(RA) d _(start))/n_(cs)┘,0);  (1)

if N _(cs)/3≤d _(u1)≤(N _(zc) −N _(cs))/2, then:

n _(shift) ^(RA)=└(N _(zc)−2d _(u1))/N _(cs)┘,

d _(start) =N _(zc)−2d _(u1) +n _(shift) ^(RA) N _(cs)

n _(group) ^(RA) =└d _(u1) /d _(start)┘

n _(shift) ^(RA)=min(max(└(d _(min) −n _(group) ^(RA) d _(start))/n_(cs)┘,0)n _(shift) ^(RA));  (2)

If zeroCorrelationZoneConfig≤T, the related parameters can be furtherexpressed as follows:

if N _(cs) ≤d _(min) ≤d _(max) ≤N _(zc)/3, then:

n _(shift) ^(RA)=min(└d _(min) /N _(cs)┘,└(d _(max) −d _(min))/N _(cs)┘)

d _(start)=2d _(max) +n _(shift) ^(RA) N _(cs)

n _(group) ^(RA) =└N _(zc) /d _(start)┘

n _(shift) ^(RA)=max(└(n _(zc)−2d _(min) −n _(group) ^(RA) d _(start))/n_(cs)┘,0);  (1)

if N _(cs)/3≤d _(min) ≤d _(max)≤(N _(zc) −N _(cs))/2, then:

n _(shift) ^(RA)=min(└N _(zc)−2d _(max))/N _(cs)┘,└(d _(max) −d_(min))/N _(cs)┘)

d _(start) =N _(zc)−2d _(min) +n _(shift) ^(RA) N _(cs)

n _(group) ^(RA) =└d _(min) /d _(start)┘

n _(shift) ^(RA)=min(max(└(d _(min) −n _(group) ^(RA) d _(start))/n_(cs)┘,0)n _(shift) ^(RA));  (2)

if N _(cs) ≤d _(min) <N _(cs)/3<d _(max)≤(N _(zc) −N _(cs))/2, then:

n _(shift) ^(RA1)=min(└d _(min) /N _(cs)┘,└(d _(max) −d _(min))/N_(cs)┘)

d _(start) ¹=2d _(max) +n _(shift) ^(RA1) N _(cs)

n _(group) ^(RA1) =└n _(zc) /d _(start) ¹┘

n _(shift) ^(RA1)=max(└(N _(zc)−2d _(max) −n _(group) ^(RA1) d _(start)¹)/n _(cs)┘,0)

n _(shift) ^(RA2)=min(└N _(zc)−2d _(max))/N _(cs)┘,└(d _(max) −d_(min))/N _(cs)┘)

d _(start) ² =N _(zc)−2d _(min) +n _(shift) ^(RA2) N _(cs)

n _(group) ^(RA2) =└d _(min) /d _(start) ²┘

n _(shift) ^(RA2)=min(max(└(d _(min) −n _(group) ^(RA2) d _(start) ²)/n_(cs)┘,0)n _(shift) ^(RA2));  (3)

if n_(shift) ^(RA1)n_(group) ^(RA1)+n _(shift) ^(RA1)≥n_(shift)^(RA2)n_(group) ^(RA2)+n _(shift) ^(RA2), then n_(shift) ^(RA)=n_(shift)^(RA1), n_(group) ^(RA)=n_(group) ^(RA1), n _(shift) ^(RA1)=n_(group)^(RA1); and

if n_(shift) ^(RA1)n_(group) ^(RA1)+n _(shift) ^(RA1)≥n_(shift)^(RA2)n_(group) ^(RA2)+n _(shift) ^(RA2), then n_(shift) ^(RA)=n_(shift)^(RA2), n_(group) ^(RA)=n_(group) ^(RA2), n _(shift) ^(RA)=n_(group)^(RA2).

For a same physical root sequence index u, all preamble sequences ofthis root sequence are generated based on different values of C_(v) bythe formula (if it is unable to generate any preamble sequence based onthe physical root sequence index u, the preamble sequence cyclic shiftN_(cs) and the formula, this physical root sequence index u will beskipped, and the step 3 will be executed).

Step 3: The logic root sequence index is added by 1 to update thecorresponding physical root sequence index u, and the step 2 is repeateduntil total M preamble sequences are generated.

Based on the specific embodiments of the present disclosure, the presentdisclosure further provides a device for configuring a preamble sequencecyclic shift set, as shown in FIG. 45. The device for configuring apreamble sequence cyclic shift set may be a base station (for example,base station 110), or a network entity other than the base station.According to the various embodiment of the present disclosure, thedevice for configuring a preamble sequence cyclic shift set comprises:

a first processing unit 1301 configured to determine all values of apreamble sequence cyclic shift N_(cs) according to a Zadoff-Chu (ZC)sequence and the degree of frequency offset;

a second processing unit 1302 configured to select a preset number ofpreamble sequence cyclic shifts N_(cs) from all values of the preamblesequence cyclic shifts N_(cs) to generate a preamble sequence cyclicshift set; and

a transmission unit 1303 configured to transmit the generated preamblesequence cyclic shift set to both the base station and the userequipment for storage.

Based on the specific implementations of the present disclosure, thepresent disclosure further provides a device for determining a preamblesequence cyclic shift, in which a preamble sequence cyclic shift set isstored in advance. As shown in FIG. 46, the determination devicecomprises:

a first processing unit 1401 configured to receive a System InformationBlock (SIB) transmitted by a base station to acquire a first indexcarried in the SIB; and

a second processing unit 1402 configured to select a preamble sequencecyclic shift N_(cs) corresponding to the first index from the preamblesequence cyclic shift set stored in advance, according to the firstindex.

In the present disclosure, for a 5G wireless communication system, thepresent disclosure provides a method for configuring a preamble sequencecyclic shift set. Different preamble sequence cyclic shift setscorrespond to different degrees of frequency offset, and the specificvalues of preamble sequence cyclic shifts in each preamble sequencecyclic shift set are determined according to the related conditions suchas different degrees of frequency offset. During the random accessprocess, a user receives a System Information Block (SIB) transmitted bya base station, and reads a cyclic shift configuration index and acyclic shift set index contained in the SIB. Eventually, the userselects, according to the cyclic shift set index, one set from allpreamble sequence cyclic shift sets, and determines, based on the cyclicshift configuration index, a final cyclic shift from the selected cyclicshift set.

In the method for determining a preamble sequence cyclic shift N_(cs)and the method for generating a preamble sequence provided by thepresent disclosure, the complex and diverse demands such as coverage in5G wireless communication systems are satisfied, the intra-cellinterference and the inter-cell interference are reduced, and loweraccess delay and better access experience are provided for users.

It should be understood by those skilled in the art that the presentdisclosure involves apparatuses for performing one or more of operationsas described in the present disclosure. Those apparatuses may bespecially designed and manufactured as intended, or may include wellknown apparatuses in a general-purpose computer. Those apparatuses havecomputer programs stored therein, which are selectively activated orreconstructed. Such computer programs may be stored in device (such ascomputer) readable media or in any type of media suitable for storingelectronic instructions and respectively coupled to a bus, the computerreadable media include but are not limited to any type of disks(including floppy disks, hard disks, optical disks, CD-ROM and magnetooptical disks), ROM (Read-Only Memory), RAM (Random Access Memory),EPROM (Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory), EEPROM (ElectricallyErasable Programmable Read-Only Memory), flash memories, magnetic cardsor optical line cards. That is, readable media include any media storingor transmitting information in a device (for example, computer) readableform.

It may be understood by those skilled in the art that computer programinstructions may be used to realize each block in structure diagramsand/or block diagrams and/or flowcharts as well as a combination ofblocks in the structure diagrams and/or block diagrams and/orflowcharts. It may be understood by those skilled in the art that thesecomputer program instructions may be provided to general purposecomputers, special purpose computers or other processors of programmabledata processing means to be implemented, so that solutions designated ina block or blocks of the structure diagrams and/or block diagrams and/orflow diagrams are performed by computers or other processors ofprogrammable data processing means.

It may be understood by those skilled in the art that the operations,methods, steps in the flows, measures and solutions already discussed inthe present disclosure may be alternated, changed, combined or deleted.Further, the operations, methods, other steps in the flows, measures andsolutions already discussed in the present disclosure may also bealternated, changed, rearranged, decomposed, combined or deleted.Further, prior arts having the operations, methods, the steps in theflows, measures and solutions already discussed in the presentdisclosure may also be alternated, changed, rearranged, decomposed,combined or deleted.

The foregoing descriptions are merely preferred embodiments of thepresent disclosure. It should be noted that, for a person of ordinaryskill in the art, various modifications and embellishments can be madewithout departing from the principle of the present disclosure. Suchmodifications and embellishments shall be regarded as falling into theprotection scope of the present disclosure.

Methods according to embodiments stated in claims and/or specificationsof the present disclosure may be implemented in hardware, software, or acombination of hardware and software.

When the methods are implemented by software, a computer-readablestorage medium for storing one or more programs (software modules) maybe provided. The one or more programs stored in the computer-readablestorage medium may be conFig.d for execution by one or more processorswithin the electronic device. The at least one program may includeinstructions that cause the electronic device to perform the methodsaccording to various embodiments of the present disclosure as defined bythe appended claims and/or disclosed herein.

The programs (software modules or software) may be stored innon-volatile memories including a random access memory and a flashmemory, a read only memory (ROM), an electrically erasable programmableread only memory (EEPROM), a magnetic disc storage device, a compactdisc-ROM (CD-ROM), digital versatile discs (DVDs), or other type opticalstorage devices, or a magnetic cassette. Alternatively, any combinationof some or all of the may form a memory in which the program is stored.Further, a plurality of such memories may be included in the electronicdevice.

In addition, the programs may be stored in an attachable storage devicewhich is accessible through communication networks such as the Internet,Intranet, local area network (LAN), wide area network (WAN), and storagearea network (SAN), or a combination thereof. Such a storage device mayaccess the electronic device via an external port. Further, a separatestorage device on the communication network may access a portableelectronic device.

In the above-described detailed embodiments of the present disclosure, acomponent included in the present disclosure is expressed in thesingular or the plural according to a presented detailed embodiment.However, the singular form or plural form is selected for convenience ofdescription suitable for the presented situation, and variousembodiments of the present disclosure are not limited to a singleelement or multiple elements thereof. Further, either multiple elementsexpressed in the description may be conFig.d into a single element or asingle element in the description may be conFig.d into multipleelements.

While the present disclosure has been shown and described with referenceto certain embodiments thereof, it will be understood by those skilledin the art that various changes in form and details may be made thereinwithout departing from the scope of the present disclosure. Therefore,the scope of the present disclosure should not be defined as beinglimited to the embodiments, but should be defined by the appended claimsand equivalents thereof.

Although the present disclosure has been described with an exemplaryembodiment, various changes and modifications may be suggested to oneskilled in the art. It is intended that the present disclosure encompasssuch changes and modifications as fall within the scope of the appendedclaims.

1. A method for operating a base station (BS) in a wirelesscommunication system, the method comprising: transmitting, to a userequipment (UE), resource indication information, wherein the resourceindication information comprises at least one of bandwidth part (BWP)resource indication information for indicating BWP resources that isallocated by the BS to the UE, intra-BWP physical resource block (PRB)resource indication information for indicating intra-BWP PRB resourcesthat is allocated by the BS to the UE, and time domain indicationinformation.
 2. The method of claim 1, wherein, the BWP resourceindication information indicates the BWP resource which is allocated bythe BS to the UE by at least one of: a first index value, wherein, thefirst index value is the index value of the BWP; a second index value,wherein, the second index value is an index value corresponding to afrequency difference between a frequency location of the BWP and thefrequency location of a predefined BWP, wherein, the frequency locationcomprises a starting frequency location or a central frequency location;a third index value and a fourth index value, wherein, the third indexvalue is an index value of the BWP which is allocated by the BS to theUE on a first time unit, and the fourth index value is an index value ofthe BWP which is allocated by the BS to the UE on a second time unit,wherein, the time unit comprises any one of a symbol, a slot, amini-slot and a subframe; and a fifth index value and a sixth indexvalue, wherein, the fifth index value is an index value which iscorresponding to a difference between the frequency location of the BWPfor uplink transmission and allocated by the BS to the UE on the firsttime unit and the frequency location of a predefined BWP, and the sixthindex is an index value which is corresponding to a difference betweenthe frequency location of the BWP for uplink transmission and allocatedby the BS to the UE on the second time unit and the frequency locationof a predefined BWP, and wherein the intra-BWP PRB resource indicationinformation indicates the intra-BWP PRB resources which is allocated bythe BS to the UE by at least one of: resource indication value (RIV);number of segments of multiple continuous uplink PRB resources allocatedby the BS to the UE, and the RIV respectively corresponding to eachsegment; bit-map information, wherein, the intra-BWP PRB resourceindication information uses a resource block group (RBG) as the unit;RBG set indication information and bit-map information, wherein, theintra-BWP PRB resource indication information uses a RBG set as theunit; RBG set resource allocation information and bit group information,wherein, the intra-BWP PRB resource indication information uses the PRBas the unit; at least one of the number of segments of multiplecontinuous RBG resources allocated by the BS to the UE, startinglocation information of each segment of RBG, and length information ofeach segment of RBG; at least one of the number of segments of multiplecontinuous PRB resources allocated by the BS to the UE, startinglocation information of each segment of PRB, and length information ofeach segment of PRB; wherein, the starting location information of eachsegment of RBG is used for indicating at least one of the followings:the starting location of each segment of RBG resources; a differencebetween the starting location of the 0^(th) segment of RBG resources andthe starting locations of each remaining segment of RBG resources; aratio between the starting location of the 0^(th) segment of RBGresources and the starting location of each remaining segment of RBGresources; wherein, the length information of each segment of RBG isused for indicating at least one of the followings: the length of eachsegment of RBG resources; a difference between the length of the 0^(th)segment of RBG resources and the length of each remaining segment of RBGresources; a ratio between the length of the 0^(th) segment of RBGresources and the length of each remaining segment of RBG resources;wherein, the starting location information of each segment of PRB isused for indicating at least one of the followings: the startinglocation of each segment of PRB resources; a difference between thestarting location of the 0^(th) segment of PRB resources and thestarting location of each remaining segment of PRB resources; a ratiobetween the starting location of the 0^(th) segment of PRB resources andthe starting location of each remaining segment of PRB resources;wherein, the length information of each segment of PRB resources is usedfor indicating at least one of the followings: the length of eachsegment of PRB resources; a difference between the length of the 0^(th)segment of PRB resources and the length of each remaining segment of PRBresources; a ratio between the length of the 0^(th) segment of PRBresources and the length of each remaining segment of PRB resources.3-15. (canceled)
 16. The method of claim 1, wherein the resourceindication information is received through at least one of uplink grantinformation, and remaining system information (RMSI).
 17. The method ofclaim 16, if the uplink grant information comprises frequency hoppingindication information, further comprising at least one of: if there isno frequency hopping indication information in the BWP resourceindication information, determining, based on the BWP resourceindication information in the uplink grant information, BWP resourcesallocated by the base station; if there is no frequency hoppingindication information in the BWP resource indication information,determining, based on inter-BWP frequency hopping resource allocationinformation and the BWP resource indication information in the intra-BWPinter-PRB resource indication information, the BWPs used for uplinktransmission on a first time unit and a second time unit respectively;if the BWP resource indication information contains the inter-BWPfrequency hopping resource allocation information, determining, based onthe intra-BWP frequency hopping resource allocation information and thepart, which is not the frequency hopping resource allocationinformation, of the BWP resource indication information, the BWPs usedfor uplink transmission on the first time unit and the second time unitrespectively; if the BWP resource indication information contains boththe inter-BWP frequency hopping resource allocation information and theintra-BWP inter-PRB frequency hopping resource allocation information,determining, based on the inter-BWP frequency hopping resourceallocation information and the part, which is not the frequency hoppingresource allocation information, of the BWP resource indicationinformation, the BWPs used for uplink transmission on the first timeunit and the second time unit respectively; if there is frequencyhopping indication information in the uplink grant information, furthercomprising at least one of: if the intra-BWP PRB resource indicationinformation does not contain the frequency hopping indicationinformation, determining, based on the intra-BWP PRB resource indicationinformation, the intra-BWP PRB resource allocated by the base station;if the intra-BWP PRB resource indication information does not containthe frequency hopping indication information, determining, based on theintra-BWP inter-PRB frequency hopping resource allocation information inthe BWP resource indication information and the intra-BWP PRB resourceindication information, the intra-BWP PRB resources used for uplinktransmission on the first time unit and the second time unitrespectively; if the intra-BWP PRB resource indication informationcontains the intra-BWP inter-PRB frequency hopping resource allocationinformation, determining, based on the intra-BWP inter-PRB frequencyhopping resource allocation information and the part, which is not thefrequency hopping resources, of the intra-BWP PRB resource indicationinformation, the intra-BWP PRB resources used for uplink transmission onthe first time unit and the second time unit respectively; and if theintra-BWP PRB resource indication information contains both theintra-BWP inter-PRB frequency hopping resource allocation informationand the inter-BWP frequency hopping resource allocation information,based on the intra-BWP inter-PRB frequency hopping resource allocationinformation and the part, which is not the frequency hopping resourceallocation information, of the intra-BWP PRB resource indicationinformation, the intra-BWP PRB resources used for uplink transmission onthe first time unit and the second time unit respectively.
 18. A methodfor operating a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system,the method comprising: receiving, from a base station (BS), resourceindication information; and transmitting an uplink signal based on theresource indication information, wherein the resource indicationcomprises at least one of bandwidth part (BWP) resource indicationinformation for indicating BWP resources that is allocated by the BS tothe UE, intra-BWP physical resource block (PRB) resource indicationinformation for indicating intra-BWP PRB resources that is allocated bythe BS to the UE, and time domain indication information.
 19. The methodof claim 18, wherein the resource indication information is receivedthrough at least one of uplink grant information, and remaining systeminformation (RMSI).
 20. The method of claim 19, if the uplink grantinformation comprises frequency hopping indication information, furthercomprising at least one of: if there is no frequency hopping indicationinformation in the BWP resource indication information, determining,based on the BWP resource indication information in the uplink grantinformation, BWP resources allocated by the base station; if there is nofrequency hopping indication information in the BWP resource indicationinformation, determining, based on inter-BWP frequency hopping resourceallocation information and the BWP resource indication information inthe intra-BWP inter-PRB resource indication information, the BWPs usedfor uplink transmission on a first time unit and a second time unitrespectively; if the BWP resource indication information contains theinter-BWP frequency hopping resource allocation information,determining, based on the intra-BWP frequency hopping resourceallocation information and the part, which is not the frequency hoppingresource allocation information, of the BWP resource indicationinformation, the BWPs used for uplink transmission on the first timeunit and the second time unit respectively; if the BWP resourceindication information contains both the inter-BWP frequency hoppingresource allocation information and the intra-BWP inter-PRB frequencyhopping resource allocation information, determining, based on theinter-BWP frequency hopping resource allocation information and thepart, which is not the frequency hopping resource allocationinformation, of the BWP resource indication information, the BWPs usedfor uplink transmission on the first time unit and the second time unitrespectively; if there is frequency hopping indication information inthe uplink grant information, further comprising at least one of: if theintra-BWP PRB resource indication information does not contain thefrequency hopping indication information, determining, based on theintra-BWP PRB resource indication information, the intra-BWP PRBresource allocated by the base station; if the intra-BWP PRB resourceindication information does not contain the frequency hopping indicationinformation, determining, based on the intra-BWP inter-PRB frequencyhopping resource allocation information in the BWP resource indicationinformation and the intra-BWP PRB resource indication information, theintra-BWP PRB resources used for uplink transmission on the first timeunit and the second time unit respectively; if the intra-BWP PRBresource indication information contains the intra-BWP inter-PRBfrequency hopping resource allocation information, determining, based onthe intra-BWP inter-PRB frequency hopping resource allocationinformation and the part, which is not the frequency hopping resources,of the intra-BWP PRB resource indication information, the intra-BWP PRBresources used for uplink transmission on the first time unit and thesecond time unit respectively; and if the intra-BWP PRB resourceindication information contains both the intra-BWP inter-PRB frequencyhopping resource allocation information and the inter-BWP frequencyhopping resource allocation information, based on the intra-BWPinter-PRB frequency hopping resource allocation information and thepart, which is not the frequency hopping resource allocationinformation, of the intra-BWP PRB resource indication information, theintra-BWP PRB resources used for uplink transmission on the first timeunit and the second time unit respectively.
 21. The method of claim 18,if the UE acquires the intra-BWP PRB resource indication informationonly from the uplink grant information, further comprising: if theuplink grant information does not contain the frequency hoppingindication information, determining the PRB resources used for uplinktransmission allocated within an uplink BWP based on the intra-BWP PRBresource indication information acquired in the uplink grantinformation; and if the uplink grant information contains the frequencyhopping indication information, determining, based on the intra-BWPinter-PRB frequency hopping resource allocation information and thepart, which is not the frequency hopping resource allocationinformation, of the intra-BWP PRB resource indication information, thePRB resources used for uplink transmission allocated within the uplinkBWP on the first time unit and the second time unit respectively. 22.The method of claim 18, further comprising: reading, by the UE, the RMSIand acquiring resource information of at least one available uplink BWP,wherein the resource information of each available uplink BWP comprisesat least one of the central frequency location of each BWP, the startingfrequency location of each BWP, the frequency location difference andthe bandwidth of the BWP, wherein, the frequency location difference isa location difference between a central frequency location of the BWPand a central frequency location of a predefined BWP or a locationdifference between a starting frequency location of the BWP and astarting frequency location of a predefined BWP; and further comprisingat least one of: determining at least one of the index value of theuplink BWP allocated by the base station and the index valuecorresponding to the frequency location difference based on the BWPresource indication information carried in the uplink grant information,and determines at least one of the central frequency location, thestarting frequency location and the bandwidth of the BWP used for uplinktransmission and allocated by the base station based on at least one ofthe determined index value of the uplink BWP and the index valuecorresponding to the frequency location difference allocated by the basestation and based on the acquired resource information of multipleavailable uplink BWPs; determining the indexes respectivelycorresponding to the two uplink BWPs based on the BWP resourceindication information carried in the uplink grant information, anddetermines at least one of the central frequency location of the BWP,the starting frequency location and the bandwidth used for uplinktransmission on the first time unit and the second time unit based onthe determined indexes respectively corresponding to the two uplink BWPsand the index value corresponding to the frequency location differenceand based on the acquired resource information of multiple availableuplink BWPs; determining the intra-BWP PRB resources allocated by thebase station through the RIV; determining the intra-BWP PRB resourcesallocated by the base station through the number of the segments ofmultiple continuous uplink PRB resources allocated by the base stationto the UE and the RIV respectively corresponding to each segment;determining the intra-BWP PRB resources allocated by the base stationthrough bit-map information, wherein, the intra-BWP PRB resourceindication information uses the RBG as the unit; determining theintra-BWP PRB resources allocated by the base station through RBG setindication information and the bit-map information, wherein, theintra-BWP PRB resource indication information uses the RBG set as theunit; determining the intra-BWP PRB resources allocated by the basestation through RBG set resource allocation information and the bitgroup information, wherein, the intra-BWP PRB resource indicationinformation uses the PRB as the unit; determining the intra-BWP PRBresources allocated by the base station through at least one of thenumber of segments of multiple continuous RBG resources allocated by thebase station to the UE, starting location information of each segment ofRBG and length information of each segment of RBG; and determining theintra-BWP PRB resources allocated by the base station through at leastone of the number of segments of multiple continuous PRB resourcesallocated by the base station to the UE, starting location informationof each segment of PRB and length information of each segment of PRB.23. A method for operating a user equipment (UE) in a wirelesscommunication system, the method comprising: receiving, from a basestation, a system information block (SIB) comprising a first index; andselecting a preamble sequence cyclic shift N_(cs) corresponding to thefirst index from a preamble sequence cyclic shift set stored in the UE.24. The method of claim 23, wherein each preamble sequence cyclic shiftset corresponds to a second index, and wherein the selecting of thepreamble sequence cyclic shift comprises: acquiring the second index inthe SIB; and selecting a preamble sequence cyclic shift N_(cs)corresponding to the first index from a preamble sequence cyclic shiftset stored in the UE based on the second index.
 25. The method of claim24, wherein, if there are at least two preamble sequence cyclic shiftsets stored in the UE, the selecting of the preamble sequence cyclicshift comprises: determining a preamble sequence cyclic shift setcorresponding to the second index from the at least two preamblesequence cyclic shift sets; and selecting a preamble sequence cyclicshift N_(cs) corresponding to the first index from the preamble sequencecyclic shift set corresponding to the second index.
 26. The method ofclaim 24, wherein, if there are at least two preamble sequence cyclicshift sets stored, the selecting of the preamble sequence cyclic shiftN_(cs) corresponding to the first index from the preamble sequencecyclic shift sets stored based the second index comprises: determining apreamble sequence cyclic shift set corresponding to the second indexfrom the at least two preamble sequence cyclic shift sets stored;selecting a preamble sequence cyclic shift N_(cs) corresponding to thefirst index, based on the first index and from the preamble sequencecyclic shift set corresponding to the second index; and if it is unableto generate any preamble sequence based on the physical index of aninitial preamble root sequence and the selected preamble sequence cyclicshift N_(cs), determining that the preamble sequence cyclic shift N_(cs)is 0, or otherwise, keeping the selected preamble sequence cyclic shiftN_(cs) unchanged, wherein, if there is one preamble sequence cyclicshift set stored, the selecting of the preamble sequence cyclic shiftN_(cs) corresponding to the first index from the preamble sequencecyclic shift set stored based on the second index comprises: if thesecond index is not 0, determining that the preamble sequence cyclicshift N_(cs) is 0, or otherwise, selecting the preamble sequence cyclicshift N_(cs) corresponding to the first index from the preamble sequencecyclic shift set stored, wherein, if there is one preamble sequencecyclic shift set stored, the selecting of the preamble sequence cyclicshift N_(cs) corresponding to the first index from the preamble sequencecyclic shift set stored comprises: if a direct configuration of apreamble sequence cyclic shift N_(cs) (zeroCyclicShift) indication iscarried in the SIB, determining that the preamble sequence cyclic shiftN_(cs) is 0, or otherwise, selecting a preamble sequence cyclic shiftN_(cs) corresponding to the first index from the preamble sequencecyclic shift set stored, and wherein, if there is one preamble sequencecyclic shift set stored in advance and a zeroCyclicShift indication iscarried in the SIB, the selecting of a preamble sequence cyclic shiftN_(cs) corresponding to the first index from the preamble sequencecyclic shift set stored comprises: if the zeroCyclicShift indicationcarried in the SIB is 1, determining that the preamble sequence cyclicshift N_(cs) is 0, or otherwise, selecting a preamble sequence cyclicshift N_(cs) corresponding to the first index from the preamble sequencecyclic shift set stored.
 27. The method of claim 21, wherein a preamblesequence cyclic shift set stored in the UE is configured by: determiningvalues of a preamble sequence cyclic shift N_(cs) based on a Zadoff-Chu(ZC) sequence and a degree of frequency offset; selecting a presetnumber of preamble sequence cyclic shifts N_(cs) from the values of thepreamble sequence cyclic shift N_(cs) to generate a preamble sequencecyclic shift set; and transmitting the generated preamble sequencecyclic shift set to at least one of a base station (BS) and a userequipment (UE).
 28. The method of claim 27, wherein, indexes of the ZCsequence is u, where 1≤u≤N_(zc)−1 and N_(zc) denotes the length of theZC sequence, and the determining of the values of a preamble sequencecyclic shifts N_(cs) based on a Zadoff-Chu (ZC) sequence and the degreeof frequency offset comprises: determining all values of the preamblesequence cyclic shifts N_(cs) corresponding to the uth ZC sequence,based on the ZC sequence and the degree of frequency offset, anddividing the determined values of the preamble sequence cyclic shiftsN_(cs) into Q groups in accordance with a preset value range of thepreamble sequence cyclic shift N_(cs); and wherein the selecting of thepreset number of preamble sequence cyclic shifts N_(cs) from the valuesof the preamble sequence cyclic shifts N_(cs) to generate a preamblesequence cyclic shift set comprises: selecting a preset number ofpreamble sequence cyclic shifts from all values of the preamble sequencecyclic shifts N_(cs) in each of the divided Q groups to generate apreamble sequence cyclic shift set.
 29. The method of claim 28, whereinthe selecting of a preset number of preamble sequence cyclic shifts fromthe preamble sequence cyclic shifts N_(cs) in each of the divided Qgroups comprises: selecting zero preamble sequence cyclic shift N_(cs)or at least one preamble sequence cyclic shift N_(cs), and wherein, ifthe maximum degree of frequency offset is 2 times of a sub-carrierspacing of a random access channel, the value range of the preamblesequence cyclic shift N_(cs) specifically comprises:N _(cs) ≤d _(u1)≤(N _(zc) −N _(cs))/2N _(cs) ≤d _(u2)≤(N _(zc) −N _(cs))/2N _(cs) ≤|d _(u1) −d _(u2)| where, d_(u1) denotes a smaller one of thecyclic shift generated by the ZC sequence in time domain when the degreeof frequency offset is +1 time of the sub-carrier spacing of the randomaccess channel and the cyclic shift generated by the ZC sequence in timedomain when the degree of frequency offset is −1 time of the sub-carrierspacing of the random access channel, and d_(u2) denotes a smaller oneof the cyclic shift generated by the ZC sequence in time domain when thedegree of frequency offset is +2 times of the sub-carrier spacing of therandom access channel and the cyclic shift generated by the ZC sequencein time domain when the degree of frequency offset is −2 times of thesub-carrier spacing of the random access channel.